The command `python -m venv radar_venv` creates a **virtual environment**...

May 22, 2025 at 08:51 PM

python -m venv radar_venv

The command python -m venv radar_venv creates a virtual environment named radar_venv. Here's a breakdown of what the code does:

  1. python: This invokes the Python interpreter installed on your system.
  2. -m venv: The -m flag tells Python to run the venv module as a script. The venv module is used to create virtual environments.
  3. radar_venv: This is the name of the folder where the virtual environment will be created. Inside this folder, necessary files and directories for the virtual environment (e.g., a local copy of the Python interpreter and site-packages) will be set up.

Key Points About Virtual Environments:

  • A virtual environment is an isolated Python environment. It allows you to install and manage dependencies separately from the global Python installation on your system.
  • Once created, you need to activate the virtual environment (e.g., source radar_venv/bin/activate on Unix-like systems or radar_venv\Scripts\activate on Windows) to use it.
  • After activation, you can install Python packages into this environment using tools like pip, without affecting the global Python installation.

This is useful for managing project-specific dependencies and avoiding conflicts between different projects' requirements.

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