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diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 7ad3008826..53f431b5cf 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -1,31 +1,39 @@ Creation of :ref:`virtual environments <venv-def>` is done by executing the -``pyvenv`` script:: +command ``venv``:: - pyvenv /path/to/new/virtual/environment + python3 -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it -with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation the command was run -from. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory +with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command +was run. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory containing a copy of the ``python`` binary (or binaries, in the case of Windows). It also creates an (initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory (on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). +.. deprecated:: 3.6 + ``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for + Python 3.3 and 3.4, and is `deprecated in Python 3.6 + <https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.6.html#deprecated-features>`_. + +.. versionchanged:: 3.5 + The use of ``venv`` is now recommended for creating virtual environments. + .. seealso:: `Python Packaging User Guide: Creating and using virtual environments - <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/installing/#creating-virtual-environments>`__ + <https://packaging.python.org/installing/#creating-virtual-environments>`__ .. highlight:: none -On Windows, you may have to invoke the ``pyvenv`` script as follows, if you -don't have the relevant PATH and PATHEXT settings:: +On Windows, invoke the ``venv`` command as follows:: - c:\Temp>c:\Python35\python c:\Python35\Tools\Scripts\pyvenv.py myenv + c:\>c:\Python35\python -m venv c:\path\to\myenv -or equivalently:: +Alternatively, if you configured the ``PATH`` and ``PATHEXT`` variables for +your :ref:`Python installation <using-on-windows>`:: - c:\Temp>c:\Python35\python -m venv myenv + c:\>python -m venv myenv c:\path\to\myenv The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options:: @@ -36,25 +44,26 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options:: Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories. positional arguments: - ENV_DIR A directory to create the environment in. + ENV_DIR A directory to create the environment in. optional arguments: - -h, --help show this help message and exit - --system-site-packages Give the virtual environment access to the system - site-packages dir. - --symlinks Try to use symlinks rather than copies, when symlinks - are not the default for the platform. - --copies Try to use copies rather than symlinks, even when - symlinks are the default for the platform. - --clear Delete the contents of the environment directory if it - already exists, before environment creation. - --upgrade Upgrade the environment directory to use this version - of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place. - --without-pip Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual - environment (pip is bootstrapped by default) - -Depending on how the ``venv`` functionality has been invoked, the usage message -may vary slightly, e.g. referencing ``pyvenv`` rather than ``venv``. + -h, --help show this help message and exit + --system-site-packages + Give the virtual environment access to the system + site-packages dir. + --symlinks Try to use symlinks rather than copies, when symlinks + are not the default for the platform. + --copies Try to use copies rather than symlinks, even when + symlinks are the default for the platform. + --clear Delete the contents of the environment directory if it + already exists, before environment creation. + --upgrade Upgrade the environment directory to use this version + of Python, assuming Python has been upgraded in-place. + --without-pip Skips installing or upgrading pip in the virtual + environment (pip is bootstrapped by default) + + Once an environment has been created, you may wish to activate it, e.g. by + sourcing an activate script in its bin directory. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip`` and ``--copies`` @@ -73,12 +82,13 @@ run with the ``--system-site-packages`` option, ``false`` otherwise. Unless the ``--without-pip`` option is given, :mod:`ensurepip` will be invoked to bootstrap ``pip`` into the virtual environment. -Multiple paths can be given to ``pyvenv``, in which case an identical -virtualenv will be created, according to the given options, at each -provided path. +Multiple paths can be given to ``venv``, in which case an identical virtual +environment will be created, according to the given options, at each provided +path. -Once a venv has been created, it can be "activated" using a script in the -venv's binary directory. The invocation of the script is platform-specific: +Once a virtual environment has been created, it can be "activated" using a +script in the virtual environment's binary directory. The invocation of the +script is platform-specific: +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Platform | Shell | Command to activate virtual environment | @@ -95,16 +105,17 @@ venv's binary directory. The invocation of the script is platform-specific: +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ You don't specifically *need* to activate an environment; activation just -prepends the venv's binary directory to your path, so that "python" invokes the -venv's Python interpreter and you can run installed scripts without having to -use their full path. However, all scripts installed in a venv should be -runnable without activating it, and run with the venv's Python automatically. - -You can deactivate a venv by typing "deactivate" in your shell. The exact -mechanism is platform-specific: for example, the Bash activation script defines -a "deactivate" function, whereas on Windows there are separate scripts called -``deactivate.bat`` and ``Deactivate.ps1`` which are installed when the venv is -created. +prepends the virtual environment's binary directory to your path, so that +"python" invokes the virtual environment's Python interpreter and you can run +installed scripts without having to use their full path. However, all scripts +installed in a virtual environment should be runnable without activating it, +and run with the virtual environment's Python automatically. + +You can deactivate a virtual environment by typing "deactivate" in your shell. +The exact mechanism is platform-specific: for example, the Bash activation +script defines a "deactivate" function, whereas on Windows there are separate +scripts called ``deactivate.bat`` and ``Deactivate.ps1`` which are installed +when the virtual environment is created. .. versionadded:: 3.4 ``fish`` and ``csh`` activation scripts. |