The virtual environment is an environment which is used by Django to execute an application. It is recommended to create and execute a Django application in a separate environment. Python provides a tool virtualenv to create an isolated Python environment. We will use this tool to create a virtual environment for our Django application.
To set up a virtual environment, use the following steps.
1. Install Package
First, install python3-venv package by using the following command.
$ apt-get install python3-venv
2. Create a Directory
$ mkdir djangoenv
After it, change directory to the newly created directory by using the cd djangoenv.
3. Create Virtual Environment
$ python3 -m venv djangoenv
4. Activate Virtual Environment
After creating a virtual environment, activate it by using the following command.
$ source djangoenv/bin/activate
Till here, the virtual environment has started. Now, we can use it to create Django application.
Install Django in the virtual environment. To install Django, use the following command.
$ pip install django
Django has installed successfully. Now we can create a new project and build new applications in the separate environment.
