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Phil Barker
Phil Barker

Reputation: 53

Changing default idle (&pip) in a python3 virtual env

I have created a virtual environment for a python3 project. 

phil@shuttle:$ python3 -m venv venv
phil@shuttle:$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv) phil@shuttle:$ python -V
Python 3.5.3
(venv) phil@shuttle:$

However, when I am in it, idle still defaults to python 2.7. The idle3 command work fine.

Can I change the default version of idle within the virtual environment (and not outside of it) so that don't keep using the wrong version?

(Supplementary question: do I have to do similar for pip/pip3?)

[Running Ubuntu 17.04]

Upvotes: 1

Views: 736

Answers (1)

Terry Jan Reedy
Terry Jan Reedy

Reputation: 19174

IDLE is run by python, not the reverse. If you run

(venv) phil@shuttle:$ python -m idlelib

where python is 3.5.3, then that python will start the IDLE that comes with 3.5.3.

I do not have idle or idle3 commands on Windows, so I cannot answer questions about it.

To run pip inside the venv, replace idlelib with pip and add pip arguments. If pip is not installed inside the venv, first run python -m ensurepip and then run pip to upgrade pip.

Upvotes: 3

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