Sharing Python virtualenv environments

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chernevik picture chernevik · Feb 29, 2012 · Viewed 17.5k times · Source

I have a Python virtualenv (created with virtualenvwerapper) in one user account. I would like to use it from another user account on the same host.

How can I do this? How can I set up virtual environments so as to be available to any user on the host? (Primarily Linux / Debian but also Mac OSX.)

Thanks.

Answer

Flavius picture Flavius · Feb 29, 2012

Put it in a user-neutral directory, and make it group-readable.

For instance, for libraries, I use /srv/http/share/ for sharing code across web applications.

You could use /usr/local/share/ for normal applications.

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