pipenv

• Pipfile: A file that specifies the dependencies to be available in the virtual environment
• Dependencies are installed to your home directory per virtual environment
• ~/.local/share/virtualenvs/<myenv-xyz>

install

• Install dependencies as specified in Pipfile[.lock]
• If Pipfile is not found but a requirements.txt file is present, it will convert it into a Pipfile
• Dependencies are installed in home directory

pipenv install # packages
pipenv install -d # dev-packages

# Add dependency to Pipfile
pipenv install "numpy"

shell

# sources the virtual environment (creates it empty if not yet existent)
pipenv shell

# prints the path of the venv
pipenv --venv

run

• Run a command inside of the virtual environment (without sourcing it)

pipenv run

Pipfile

[[source]]
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true
name = "pypi"

[packages]
django = "*"

[dev-packages]

[requires]
python_version = "3.11"