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How to Setup & Activate a Python Virtual Environment Using venv & Run the Project in VS Code
Jun 3, 2025
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uh hello guys welcome to this video so
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in this video I will show you how to set
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up and activate a virtual environment
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inside
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Python where you can actually create a
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separate environment for creating a
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separate Python project so let me show
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you step by step so inside VS code so
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let me create a brand new project here
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and uh let me go to the command line so
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right here as you can see the folder is
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now empty right here inside VS code so
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first of all we will actually create a
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new folder new
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project let me navigate to this
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folder so now you can see the folder is
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currently empty so now to create a brand
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new virtual environment for Python you
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must have Python installed on your
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system so you should have Python
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installed so now to check the version
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which is installed so just type this
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command Python- version so it will
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actually print out the version which is
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installed globally inside your system so
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it's python- version so I have installed
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this version you'll see 3.10.5 10.5 so
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you should have Python installed so
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after that you just need to execute this
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command python
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-ashm and then you just need to write v
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e n
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v so let me zoom in so you just need to
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write
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python dash m
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this is M here dash M then space V
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E NV V E NV and then you just need to
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name your virtual environment so you can
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just name it anything so you can give
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any name for your let's suppose I say
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free media tools so this will be the
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name of my virtual environment shell
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that I will create so this is the
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command here so just enter it as soon as
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you enter the you will see it will
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create a virtual
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environment and
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uh it will take some time and then it
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will create a folder on the left hand
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side you will see it has created a brand
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new
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environment so inside this folder you
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will see there are four folders out
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there first is the include folder then
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we have the libraries inside this we
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have the side packages so all you all
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the packages that you install
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specifically to this virtual environment
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will be stored right here so by default
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it comes with its own paper version and
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this inside the scripts here we have
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various scripts first one this will be
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the activate script so now to activate
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this virtual environment you first of
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all need to activate this all the
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executables as you can see it is present
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which is pip python as well you can see
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all the executables are present so
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now we first of all need to activate
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this virtual environment for activating
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it there is this command right here so
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you just need to run this uh either you
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can run this bat file or you can run
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this file which is activate let me run
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this so we simply say
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env so whatever whatever is your name of
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the so I named this as free media tools
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and inside this we simply say slash and
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it is located in the scripts folder as
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you can see it is located in the scripts
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folder and inside this we have this
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activate script here so just we need to
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run this file here activate so I will
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say
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activate and now I will press simply
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enter so this will run this file so now
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you will be entered into this virtual
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environment so this will signify as you
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can see now this will appear right here
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so this will be your name of the virtual
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environment that you have created so now
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you are in the Python virtual
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environment
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so so now let's suppose if I install
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some third party package uh if I install
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here pip install pillow which is a third
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party package related to Python so if I
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run this now this will not interfere
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with my global installation of Python
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this will only install specifically
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right inside this folder side packages
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related to this virtual environment so
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as I just enter it you will see it will
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install this package and uh as you can
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see the package has been successfully
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stored right here the pillow folder has
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been successfully created this is your
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pil so these are the files which are
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related to the actual package so this is
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actually the importance this is the
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advantage of using a virtual environment
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inside Python because you are not
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directly
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installing to the global packages you
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are just installing it in a specific
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folder in a specific virtual environment
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and uh this is the advantage of using
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virtual environment and now we can
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create
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some the Python file right in the folder
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so we can
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create app py
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so so we can import these
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packages the pillow package that we
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installed like
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this and successfully use it at any
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point of time if you want to deactivate
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this uh virtual environment you simply
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write the command here which will be
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deactivate so go to the command
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line again if you just type here
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deactivate as soon as you type this
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deactivate command you will be exit out
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of
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the virtual environment so as I enter it
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now you will see your exit out again if
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you want to go to
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that you simply type run this
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env/cripts activate again you will be
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inside your virtual environment again if
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you want to go out you simply type here
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deactivate in this way you can do this
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so in this easy way guys you can run a
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very simple thing let me
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just Hello
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world and if you want to run the Python
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script you simply go to the command line
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the process is quite normal that you do
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simply type Python app py the file name
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and then your
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file just make sure that you are on the
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directory you can even open the terminal
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right right here itself in VS code so if
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you are doing it for the very first time
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this menu will show which is Python
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virtual environment was successfully
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activated even though indicator may not
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be present in the terminal prompt so you
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just close it and
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just right here select this command
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prompt
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here and
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uh right here you simply run the script
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here simply go to the folder
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cd and run the script here python app py
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so you will see your program has been
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successfully running it has printed out
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this line so in this easy way you can do
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this on command prompt in the VS code as
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well simply open the command prompt
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right here by going to the edit option i
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think it is located
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inside
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view and go to the terminal just open
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it and
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uh if you just type here
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deactivate you will be exited out and
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again if you want to go into the virtual
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environment you can even go to the
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scripts folder and just execute this
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file which is this
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activate.bat
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file if you do this you will be into
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your virtual environment so in this easy
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way it's very easy to set up virtual
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environment inside Python to set up a
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project and run it so I showed you step
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by step uh thank you very much for
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