install

you can install this package from pypi:

pip install RVirtualEnv

# or

easy_install RVirtualEnv

# or just clone this repository

to create new virtual environment just call:

virtualenv ~/PYENV1

# or directly from this repo

./virtualenv.py ~/PYENV2

usage

to enable environment, do:

# on unix
export PYTHONPATH=~/PYENV1:$PYTHONPATH

# on windows
set PYTHONPATH=c:\PYENV1;%PYTHONPATH%

after that, you can call any python command (eg: pip or easy_install, ipython, ...) and it will have access to your virtual environment.

if you don't want to mess up with environment, just call our wrapper:

# on unix
~/PYENV1/bin/python [any [params]]

# on win
c:\PYENV1\Scripts\python.bat [any [params]]

it should work with mod-wsgi python-path option as well, and you can enable it in runtime via site.addsitedir(venv_directory).

tests

if you are interested in testing this package, it should support many standard ways of running tests. nose is used for test discovery.

you can run any of these commands:

• python setup.py test
• nosetests
• ./tests/test_all.py

in the setup.py case you just have to wait a little, until setuptools_dummy are downloaded, because it is a build dependency.

i tested this package on:

• archlinux with python 2.6
• ms windows with python 2.6
• debian lenny with python 2.5
• debian etch with python 2.4

i don't have any automated testing set up yet.