Virtualenv
Virtualenv is a tool that's used to create isolated Python environments, starting from Python v3.3, and is partially integrated into the standard library under the venv module. The major problem that's addressed by this tool is maintaining the unique set of dependencies, versions, and permissions for each Python project independently. Virtualenv handles this by creating a separate environment with its own installation directories for each project. This prevents us from sharing any dependencies and libraries with other projects. Also, it is possible to block access to globally installed libraries.
Virtualenv is a pure virtual environments manager and it doesn't provide any package manager routines. Therefore, it is usually used ...
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