How do I install virtualenv in Python 3.10.2 and activate it for a telegram bot?

Question

I tried some guides that I found but nothing works. I need this virtual env for a telegram bot. I| use Visual studio code

Answer 1

How to install virtualenv: Install pip first

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Then install virtualenv using pip3

sudo pip3 install virtualenv 

Now create a virtual environment

virtualenv venv 

you can use any name insted of venv

You can also use a Python interpreter of your choice

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 venv

Active your virtual environment:

source venv/bin/activate

Using fish shell:

source venv/bin/activate.fish

To deactivate:

deactivate

Create virtualenv using Python3

virtualenv -p python3 myenv

Instead of using virtualenv you can use this command in Python3

python3 -m venv myenv

Answer 2

1. Enter python -m venv.venv command in VS Code terminal in your work directory with Telegram bot .
2. Choose your virtual environment at the bottom left corner of VS Code program.

So .venv will be a relative path to your virtual environment directory. In this case venv is created in the current directory, it may has any other name, but venv is common use. -m key is needed to run library venv module as a script.

Answer 3

Its looks like your problem is activating the virtual environment.

source env/bin/activate

or just type activate in your terminal.

If you are using windows try:-

env\Scripts\activate.bat