2a9a406551100a0a71cccb65c57418151b9ec52a vsmalladi Tue Feb 28 14:44:51 2012 -0800 Added clarifications for python virtual environment use. diff --git python/virtual.txt python/virtual.txt index 7d73152..33b9e44 100644 --- python/virtual.txt +++ python/virtual.txt @@ -4,43 +4,45 @@ To load modules and packages that are only relevant to you or to develop and test new modules and packages not ready for general use. How To 1) Generate a virtual environment Generate a blank virtual environment: virtualenv ENV Generate a snapshot environment with base packages(BeautifulSoup==3.2.0 and MySQL-python==1.2.3) used for ENCODE: -python ~kent/python/ucsc_virtualenv.py ENV +python ~/kent/python/ucsc_virtualenv.py ENV 2) Switch to use virtual environement Bash: source ENV/bin/activate C-Shell: source ENV/bin/activate.csh 3) Load packages and modules Third-Party: pip install <package name> -Internal packages: +pip is an easy_install replacement. For more information visit: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip + +Internal packagesi (use setup.py located in package directory e.g. kent/python/lib): python setup.py install 4) Deactivate use of virtual environment deactivate