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 @@ -1,46 +1,48 @@ Guide for Creating Virtual Environments for Python Reason 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 -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