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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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Virtual environments using virtualenv

If you don't want to use Anaconda, virtualenv needs to be installed first. Use the following command to install it locally:

>> pip install virtualenv

Next, a virtual environment can be created by assigning with the virtualenv command followed by the name of the new environment, for example:

>> virtualenv python3packt

Navigate to the directory with the same name:

>> cd python3packt

 Next, activate the virtual environment with the activate command:

>> activate

Your virtual environment is now ready for use. Use pip install to install packages exclusively to this environment and use them in your code. Use the deactivate command to stop the virtual environment from working:

>> deactivate

If you have multiple ...

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