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Creating a Python virtual environment

To create a Python virtual environment using Thonny, do the following:

1. In Thonny, click on Run | Select Interpreter.
2. In the drop-down menu, Which interpreter or device should Thonny use for running your code?, select Alternative Python 3 interpreter or virtual environment.
3. Click on the Create new virtual environment ... button:

4. Navigate to an empty folder and click on Select Folder.
5. You should see the Creating virtual environment dialog. After a short while, you will see the new virtual environment under the Known interpreters field.
6. Click on OK to close the Thonny options dialog box.

To verify that ...