Where to install virtualenv packages

Question

Which directory is it suggested to install Python packages in a virtualenv ? For example:

$ sudo pip install requests

In which of the following directories should it be installed? Or would it be installed somewhere else?

venv/
  - bin/
  - include/
  - lib/

What is the difference between those three folders?

Answer 1

A few misconceptions here:

• By using sudo pip install you're not using a virtualenv; you're installing those directly to your machine.

• You have to create the virtualenv and then activate it via source venv/bin/activate .

• Once it's activated, be sure that pip is installed. Then , you will be installing your packages directly to that virtualenv. Where it's ultimately going to wind up in that virtualenv is best left for pip to decide.