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Kay
Kay

Reputation: 1495

how can I find out which python virtual environment I am using?

I have several virtual environment in my computer and sometimes I am in doubt about which python virtual environment I am using. Is there an easy way to find out which virtual environment I am connected to?

Upvotes: 75

Views: 136887

Answers (5)

Osha.Adams
Osha.Adams

Reputation: 1

if you used pip install virtualenvwrapper-win in windows and used: mkvirtualenv <environment_name> , you can just type 'workon' to display the virtual environments on the command line.

Upvotes: 0

questionto42
questionto42

Reputation: 9580

Try

echo $Env:VIRTUAL_ENV

if you are in Windows Powershell (which is for example the default terminal in VSCode).

Taken from Super User at How can I display the contents of an environment variable from the command prompt in Windows 7?

Upvotes: 4

ShadowRanger
ShadowRanger

Reputation: 155506

From a shell prompt, you can just do echo $VIRTUAL_ENV (or in Windows cmd.exe, echo %VIRTUAL_ENV%).

From within Python, sys.prefix provides the root of your Python installation (the virtual environment if active), and sys.executable tells you which Python executable is running your script.

Upvotes: 30

wpercy
wpercy

Reputation: 10090

You can use sys.prefix to determine which virtualenv you're in.

import sys
print(sys.prefix)

from the sys docs

A string giving the site-specific directory prefix where the platform independent Python files are installed

Upvotes: 70

gilch
gilch

Reputation: 11681

Usually it's set to display in your prompt. You can also try typing in which python or which pip in your terminal to see if it points to you venv location, and which one. (Use where instead of which on Windows.)

Upvotes: 19

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