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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python
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Mastering Geospatial Analysis with Python

by Silas Toms, Paul Crickard, Eric van Rees
April 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
440 pages
11h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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Installing modules in virtualenv

Because each virtual environment is separate from the main Python installation, each environment must have the required modules installed. While this can seem like a pain, pip makes it quite easy. After setting up the first virtual environment, a pip command called freeze allows you to generate a file called requirements.txt. This file can be copied into a new virtual environment and using pip install, all of the listed modules will be added from PyPI.

To generate a requirements.txt file in the current folder, use this command:

(cartoenv) C:\Packt\Chapters>pip freeze > requirements.txt

After the file has been copied into a new virtual environment folder, activate the environment and pass the following command ...

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