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elbillaf
elbillaf

Reputation: 1994

Is a python virtual environment entirely self-contained?

If I copy a python virtual environment and then set the VIRTUAL_ENV variable inactivate.bat file to the correct directory, is that environment entirely self-contained? In particular, if I were to copy this venv to a machine that has no other version of python on it, set the environment, and then activate, should I be able to run python programs or will there be missing files?

(If the situation were different, I could just get an extra machine at work and experiment with this, but things are a little hectic and I would like to have some idea that this works before I jump through hoops.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 169

Answers (1)

MisterMiyagi
MisterMiyagi

Reputation: 52169

No. A venv virtual environment does not contain the python interpreter, among other things.

$ ls -l venv/bin/python3.8
lrwxr-xr-x  1 username  staff  24 Oct 19 21:07 venv/bin/python3.8 -> /usr/local/bin/python3.8

Upvotes: 1

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