How To Setup A Virtual Environment For Python In Visual Studio Code In 2023

Here's how you can setup a virtual environment in Visual Studio Code for Python.
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[@rolandonunez1893]

For those that didn't get the venv after restarting the terminal and had an error regarding to Execution Policies, just run in the terminal the following script: Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser and then: .\.venv\Scripts\activate (for Windows)

[@asioud]

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[@lyndaraid3401]

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[@artyCrafty4564]

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[@Harshitha--wq1jq]

thanks

[@sushmitarawat6438]

Thanks a ton😊

[@azekhuoriadignity2360]

for those that did not get the (env name) in terminal path, which is supposed to be displayed in the panel after activation, its normal on Vs code right now. You can hover over the powershell or cmd button on the top of the panel to see the extensions that have contributed to the terminal environment. There you will see your virtual env running.

[@Moxaji]

thank you, this was my issue, I was confused

[@azekhuoriadignity2360]

@@Moxaji you’re welcome

[@kiyingipisgah4365]

It has taken me hours to import modules in python but after following this, I can firmly say that I have landed. Btw am a self taught programmer/coder and this was really helpful.😊

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This is the best damned instructional ever. Honestly, so many 20 minute videos, and this dude knocks it out of the park.

[@zeebeat123]

Couldn't agree more. I have watched SO many videos and they are much longer, and many leave out small but essential details

[@user-tr8xg7yr6e]

As someone who is just starting out and really needs the things that are understood by everyone, I appreciate this video. Thanks.

[@andrewclayburn5920]

wow I wasted so many hours trying to figure out what the hell was going on before finally finding this video and solving it in seconds, thanks man I appreciate it!

[@boitedamour]

after 4 hours of search, your tutorial saved my life . thanks

[@kenbajema]

Now the dozens of videos I've watched regarding installing Autogen and memgpt etc make sense!! thank you. I've been using conda environments and have had a difficult time finding the and editing the correct .py files! for packages and running them.

[@JamesRBentley]

bro this is the best tutorial on how to do this, clear, simple, perfectly illustrated for beginners

[@amigobrewbrew9297]

As a beginner I was lost but now it all makes sense. Thanks!

[@throbicon]

Thank you so much Indently! This is the easiest way to make a virtual environment. Please continue to make videos; they are valuable!

[@abubakr9796]

Love your videos bro! Easy and simple to understand tutorials and explanations.

[@abdullahattia2491]

simple enough and straight to the point thanks!

[@AbdulKareemAbdulRahman]

how would one upgrade the phyton in a virt environment? thanks? for instance my system wide python says it is 3.11.3 but my venv says it is 3.7. wld be grateful for any help or signposting

[@Dasol0246]

What happens when I run the .py program on another machine, do I need the pip package I installed in the virtual environment or once written I won’t need the pip package?

[@rick.d]

couldn't have been more perfect. thanks!

[@ivosacagami121]

i`m having a problem with the venv on the windows. Everytime that I reopen the project, like the next day, I have to reactivate the virtual enviroment. Is that correct? Do I have another way to do it? what I`m doing is opening the cmd on the folder and then running "code . " to open vscode with the right directory. then I have to go and put the "Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process" and then ".\ .venv\Scripts\activate" everytime. What am I doing wrong? or is that normal ? PLease

[@fakalakaloo]

Helped a lot. Simple, clear, understandable!

[@cosmic_9]

Thank you for explaining it as well! I'm trying to comperhend every basic principle vs code and python has to offer and hit a wall here.

[@charlessnachez4248]

Why the « pip install discord » int he folder didnt work but it worked in the venv environment ? Is it because of some conflict with other global python packages?

[@MushroomPower84]

Thank you for your work! I've already learned a lot by this channel.

[@al.habibii]

Hello, i'm creating a new folder named 'folder', and then following this step. But why after print('Hello!'), and text 'pip install discord' in vscode terminal, my vscode install discord? as i see in this video, there must be command not found: pip, but that's not happened in my vscode..

[@bensonkamau1844]

actually when creating a new python file, if you create a requirements.txt under it and add modules to be used, vscode displays a button on the bottom left side asking you whether you want to create a new environment

[@go_away_plz]

This tutorial really helped me. Thank you very much!

[@notgamerboy8048]

great tuotrial, it took me a few hours to figure it out by my self last time, but this time it took like 2 mins bc of your vid

[@TJTHEFOOTBALLPROPHET]

Bruh, that was the best explanation on the internet! thank you!

[@JackPlaysMinecraft575]

Thank you for this Helpful Video i was Struggling with using VScode Now i Know how to get python onto it

[@lofgren007]

Best and simplest explanation I have come across for venv - thank you kindly.

[@trzztrzz2477]

Life saver. Thank you man!

[@LaminarRainbow]

Thank you for the quick and concise video!

[@enableDeepak]

quite helpful! what keyboard shortcut runs the program?

[@guyonlead]

Quick and easy! Thanks!

[@seandobson2682]

My VS code lets me use pip outside of a venv and when I look online it seems to be normal for pip to work outside a venv. Is there a reason why it should not be working like in the video? Im using windows.

[@noekiriza5041]

Thanks, I finally found the best Tutorial 💪

[@bozok1903]

I watch your videos even if I know the subject you teach. You are very good at transferring your knowledge. Thanks a lot.

[@Ponduck]

das just odd

[@whatdaro]

great video, straight to the point. subbed

[@itskingshon]

You're a literal lifesaver; thank you!

[@danieledispirito]

i’ve just discovered you’re italian, good video man!

[@ispeakpython]

Thank you sir, I've found answer of my question here after 3 weeks.

[@JATARKATAR123]

Thanks buddy for give me this instruction Thank you so much

[@thetafritz9868]

what do I do if I failed a couple times, tried again by deleting the .venv files and now no longer get the notification or the option to use the venv folder??

[@pokpok9445]

I'm a bit late but you can click on the interpreter data on the bottom-right of the window that should be called like the version of python that is installed on your computer. Then you can click at the top on "browse..." then you go in the .venv folder then scripts and python.exe

[@Malek_Kidmal]

Thank you for this video, really helpful !

[@alexeykruglov8185]

Thank you vety much> I am using this in my work.

[@anab6636]

if I made a file organizer code in python, but I'm scared to try it out on my actual computer, can I run it here??

[@Nand_Snowwhite]

Thanks for the beautiful explanaiton. Well done

[@Youtube_Xtreme]

"tensorflow" is not importing, can Any one please help me

[@datag1199]

Fantastic video. Thank you very much.

[@gbvtech]

why does the visual studio website says do not use the virtual environment same as a workspace folder? in your video you selected it as yes to use as a workspace folder

[@nelsonberm3910]

This is freaking craZY Tthank yoiu

[@solomonwest9104]

You are very helpful ... you just earned a subscriber , Thanks

[@catnpizza]

Thank you very much I'm very grateful!!!

[@toddgilbey3979]

All these tutorials I'm seeing here have their directories on the Desktop, which I would imagine takes up a lot of room on your hard drive. I have set the Windows environment path to an Azure mounted storage as my repo and for some reason, despite following the instructions to the letter given by the VS website, I get the "django-admin" is not a recognized command yada yada yada...'. Why?

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You saved my day... Thanks 😊

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[@Sanjana-nl1si]

Thank you. That was very helpful

[@user-ys8uu5vd2f]

Thanks, this video is useful :)

[@trp]

Never thought it was this easy

[@feelthevieww]

it was so help full nice work bro

[@anything9276]

That was very helpful thanks

[@frankking5326]

Amazing video!! Thanks

[@Gamesoldier68]

Thank you very much for the very informative video. So i assume if you wanted to set up several virtual environments for different projects, you would just name them differently in the .venv command. Thanks again

[@elektrokatzer]

very helpful! Thanks!

[@nimraiman2018]

this is exactly what i was looking for❤

[@schmeiser_]

great video as always, btw I wanna ask why in my python, I cant import tkinter? it says " ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_tkinter' "

[@sbj6173]

Thanks .that was great 😊

[@y.s4963]

First of all i love your accent and tnx for your tutorial

[@user-yn8fj1rn5d]

short and clear😍

[@aditg367]

Thank you for the video

[@wicaksonoleksono7327]

Why is my vscode only running 1 line of code inbased off my cursor, why i cant run all of them at once. i have to drag it then runnit, can you helpp? i used Conda env the 1st time then i used venv env . but its still do that. thank you

[@wicaksonoleksono7327]

hmm i dont want to debug, i just want to ran the code. can you fix that

[@bassonette]

Is there a reason why the virtual environment folder is hidden ? I see other instructions where it is not

[@cuoi123]

Thank you, It to be great if you add resolve when user missing that pop-up^^

[@PalmUniverse]

Im trying to follow the tutorial step by step, but the modules still arent recognized by Pylance in the end.. No idea what im doing wrong

[@joaovitor42411]

Thank you very much, man

[@ugurcaneser]

It helped a lot. Thanks!

[@Indently]

Glad it helped!

[@chycheaninh5346]

Thank you brother

[@4tmadeit]

thank you man !

[@imalkagunasekara8725]

Great

[@DesperadoAH]

THANK YOU ❣

[@Matt-lf1ik]

So are you supposed to have seperate venv folders for each project? Isnt that inecfficient as you would need multiple pip installations of the same basic things? Also would this work with git and uploading to github to work across multiple machines?

[@AliBeats_]

No, you can run multiple project from one virtual environment, 1- just use terminal to activate you're old virtual env from the old path. 2-don't forget two change the interpreter to the old virtual env, you can import anything using one venv. you just need to creat new venv when an library's update is needed so you don't corrupt your old project that are using old lib versions.

[@ananyafrederick2524]

hey if anyone could clear this doubt: what does the -m do?

[@saremish]

Very useful!

[@tech-n-data]

If I had hair, I would have pulled it out trying to figure out why I code wasn't usin the venv. Thank you for this video.

[@bneyez]

Ur the best!

[@haiclop_music]

Thank you so much bro

[@anomienormie8126]

Idk what I've been struggling ten hours for when I could've just watched this and finished in 4minutes ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[@saintsscholars8231]

I was literally tearing my hair out trying to modify PATH variables and going around in circles. Very clear explanations. Thank you!

[@user-jk1gb7wm6z]

for windows .... python -m venv myenv Then activate it by following command... myenv\Scripts\activate here .... myenv is name of my environment .... u can give any name ..... Just 2 lines of Commands..

[@Code4U_]

Forget a .\ and searching for how to fix ps1 error ...... Thanks ❤

[@joncolt3915]

bro thank you so much!

[@Indently]

No problem!

[@muralidharanrajendran4098]

Big fan buddy ❤

[@CodeOnBlocks]

Thank you!

[@MOHAMEDGHARBI100]

your language is so beautiful, thank you for your time. may I ask you where you from?

[@pleabargain]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@Indently]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alemaonalingua]

NIce. Thanks

[@pedropacheco8532]

soooo hooot, thanks

[@MetodNovak]

can you make the same version for conda enviroment

[@stephanieezat-panah7750]

Why did you not run the source command? thank you

[@AB-ko2mm]

Thank you

[@JurajBatoska]

Thanks !

[@juliusngwu]

Crystal clear