ReleaseEngineering/Virtualenv

Initial Setup

mkdir $HOME/venv
cd $HOME/venv
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-1.5.1.tar.gz#md5=3daa1f449d5d2ee03099484cecb1c2b7
tar zxf virtualenv-1.5.1.tar.gz
virtualenv-1.5.1/virtualenv.py $HOME/venv
$HOME/venv/bin/pip install virtualenvwrapper

then add these lines to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

export WORKON_HOME=$HOME/.virtualenvs
VIRTUALENVWRAPPER_PYTHON=$HOME/venv/bin/python
source $HOME/venv/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Using virtual environments

To create a new virtual environment, use 'mkvirtualenv', e.g.

 mkvirtualenv buildapi

This will create and activate a new virtual environment where you can install new packages, e.g.

 pip install mysql-python

To switch between virtual environments, use the 'workon' command, e.g.

 workon buildbot-0.7

All of the heavy lifting here is done by virutalenvwrapper