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--- set_up_your_own_python_environment [2020/11/03 05:19] – fix format peteyboy
+++ set_up_your_own_python_environment [2020/11/03 05:31] (current) – fix with example peteyboy
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 ====Set Up Your Local Python Environment====
-Use the below to install python libraries that "normally" would be installed in a system directory such as ''/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y''.  Use the ''--user'' flag to install to a directory you have control over as a user. Here are more details:
+Use the below to install python libraries that "normally" would be installed in a system directory such as ''/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y''.  Use the ''<nowiki>--</nowiki>user'' flag with the ''pip'' tool to install to a directory you have control over as a user. Here are more details:
-  * ''--user'' installs in the directory specified in ''site.USER_SITE''
+  * ''<nowiki>--</nowiki>user'' installs in the directory specified in ''site.USER_SITE''
     * example: ''~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages''
-  * add this folder to your PATH (in ~/.bash_profile file):
+  * add this folder to your PATH (in ''~/.bash_profile'' file):
     * ''export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages''
+Here is an example:
+//pip install <nowiki>--</nowiki>user mypackage//
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 Sources:
   * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/what-is-the-purpose-of-pip-install-user
-  * https://realpython.com/python-virtual-environments-a-primer/
+  * https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#optionally-create-a-virtual-environment