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Siddharth
Siddharth

Reputation: 5209

Set up a python virtualenv with a specific version of Python

I am trying to get started with Google App Engine. I have python 2.6 installed in my virtual environment which I wanted to use. But Google App Engine supports python2.5. So I want to set up another python virtual environment with python 2.5.

Can you help me how to do exactly that?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4128

Answers (2)

James Polley
James Polley

Reputation: 8181

Virtualenv lets you specify a python binary to use instead of the default. On your machine, python probably maps to /usr/bin/python, which will be a symlink to /usr/bin/python2.6. If you've got Python 2.5 installed, it will be /usr/bin/python2.5

You can create a virtualenv called envname with virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.5 envname

Upvotes: 5

cope360
cope360

Reputation: 6324

Do you specifically need a virtual environment?

Why not just Install Python 2.5 along side your existing 2.6 and just use 2.5 for your GAE development.

Upvotes: 0

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