create a virtual environment using the Python

create a virtual environment using the Python venv module:

python -m venv .env

You can jump in and out of your virtual environment with the activate and deactivate scripts:

# Activate the virtual environment
source .env/bin/activate

# Deactivate the virtual environment
source .env/bin/deactivate

In windows:

.env\Scripts\activate

 

You can make sure that the environment is activated by running the which python command: if it points to the virtual environment, then you have successfully activated it!

which python

/home/<user>/transformers-course/.env/bin/python