PyCharm Virtual Environments (venv) Explained! | 10 Min. | Updated 2023

Learn to use virtual environments in PyCharm within 10 Minutes!

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00:00 | Two Methods of Creating a Virtual Environment (venv)
00:16 | Method 1: New Project with a Virtual Environment
01:34 | Method 2: Adding a Virtual Environment to Existing Projects
02:53 | Activating a Virtual Environment
06:40 | Deactivate a Virtual Environment
06:58 | Installing Modules with PIP in a Virtual Environment
08:07 | Local Venv Modules vs. Global Modules

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[janekschleicher]

Something worth to mention is also that the pip in the virtual environment is a different one than the pip in the global environment. That's why you can also see a pip.exe in the venv directory in 4:28.

You don't always see the prompt (venv), indeed, that's quite common with customized shells with restrictions in corporate environment, but you still can find out which pip is relevant with `which pip` and then see the full path to it (either to global pip or to venv pip).

In addition, very often in Windows/corporate environment, you'll have to work with conda and pip together and then in a conda environment (what is then the necessary replacement for the virtualenv), you even have to first `conda activate <your_env>` and then run a `conda install pip` first, to have a pip in this environment (and otherwise, the global pip is silently taken without any notice about). And that's hard to debug if you are not aware that there might be different pip's (different locations, in different versions and with different behaviour, especially different install destinations, ...).
And while conda+pip together might not be so often, you'll often enough be in a situation where the PATH variable is not correctly set and then again silently the global pip instead of the local venv pip will be taken. Happens remote, in a CI/CD or outside of PyCharm, e.g. in CygWin or WSL2 often enough ...

I know it, because I often have to trouble shoot juniors 🙂in such situations.

[bhnokei]

Let me explain why you did a GREAT job? Someone who has clicked on your tutorial most likely is not a graduate coder as such, slow, methodical, hold your hand approach is how we can learn and you nailed it. Great Great video and of course I subscribed. Keep up the excellent work.

[beomseokpark]

Thank you so much! Most videos just showed the steps but you articulate everything under the hood. Amazing job!

[ojinwayoonyeze]

Guess what? Until this video, I get lost each time I launch pycharm.Great job, we need teachers like u, so passionate! You made my 2023 a great one at last.

[GoranMaricgocamaaric]

YOUUUU! Short and clear, like it should be. Today I was messing around with it for about 4 hours and after 10 minutes of your video I finally get it. :)

[ilzamwahyu]

I was lost with PyCharm, this video helped me! Thanks Max!

[MADhatter_AIM]

Very good, simple and clear, direct to the point ! Thanks

[alananalyst]

I was struggling with these, after watching this, everything is making sense, thanks!!

[alansharedmenesescarbajal]

Amazing video, simple yet complete. Keep up the good work!

[slavago]

Thank you for such a helpful video about virtual environments! It helps me reload my Python programming journey!

[_mulla_]

Thank youuu, I kept trying to figure this out and couldn't until i found your video

[davidschroeder]

Outstanding explanation of venv. Best I've seen after having explored several other explanations..

[Sonofsun]

Thanks, just started using pycharm and am trying to follow a course I downloaded on selenium and test automation. The instructor is saying to run activate.bat instead of activate.ps1. This seems to have activated the environment.

keep up the good work

[toddprickett]

A very succinct tutorial! Thanks. Solved my venv problem.

Man you have a natural gift for this! Thanks a lot!

[sprinter]

Great tutorial. I had that PS script issue and this video helped me solve it.

[MushroomPower]

Thank you so much! Finally I've found your video and my first venv project just got activated. (have been trying for hours :$)

[gyomihq]

thank you, other videos were showing on how to do it on cmd and i was confused. i didnt know there was a terminal in pycharm. video is really helpful.

[LemonGuy]

Finally, it all made clear!! Thank you so much ❤

[aizazahmedsahito]

Your way of explaining things is very good and understandable, clearly explained everything in detail for me I am a beginner and it helped me a lot. thanks