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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja
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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

by Cody Jackson
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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Implementing virtual Python environments

As touched on previously, Python virtual environments create separate Python environments, much like virtual machines allow multiple but separate operating systems. Python virtual environments are particularly useful when installing multiple instances of the same module.

For example, assume you are working on a project that requires version 1.2 of a particular library module for legacy support. Now assume you download a Python program that uses version 2.2 of the same library. If you install everything in the default global location on your hard drive, for example, /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages, the new program will install the updated library into the same location, overwriting the legacy software. ...

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