virtualenv for python3

Simple steps to setup virtualenv for Python3

To setup virtualenv for python3 for Django projects, create and cd into the desired folder for the Django project.

Create a folder for virtualenv,

$ mkdir venv
$ cd venv 

Then run these commands worked for me in this order:

• setup virtualenv with Python in the current directory

$ virtualenv -p python3 . 

• activate virtualenv

$ source bin/activate 

At this point, checking Python version should give python3

• Install Django:

$ pip install django

To see all installations run :

$ pip freeze 

Django should be included in the list of installations

Start a Django project

$ django-admin startproject --projectname

cd into the created project and run:

$ python manage.py runserver 

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