Hands-On GPU Computing with Python

Using Virtualenv to create and manage a virtual environment

In this section, we will explore how to use Virtualenv to create, as well as manage, a virtual environment. You will now discover the usefulness of our Virtualenv installation that we just learned. This will further enhance our knowledge about virtualization from the context of GPU programming. Follow these steps to get started:

1. Launch a new Terminal. Create a new empty directory in the $HOME location (/home/user-directory/). Here, we name it env:

sudo mkdir env

2. After creating the directory, let's now use virtualenv to place the new environment on it:

virtualenv env

3. The preceding command will yield an output similar to the following result on your screen:

Using base prefix ...