So, I have a python script I’d like to run from time to time from the CLI (on Linux) that resides inside a venv. What’s the recommended/intended way to do this?
Write a wrapper shell script and put it inside a $PATH-accessible directory that activates the virtual environment, runs the python script and deactivates the venv again? This seems a bit convoluted, but I can’t think of a better way.
I use my own Zsh project (zpy) to manage venvs stored like ~/.local/share/venvs/HASH-OF-PROJECT-PATH/venv
, so use zpy’s vpy
function to launch a script with its associated Python executable ad-hoc, or add a full path shebang to the script with zpy’s vpyshebang
function.
vpy and vpyshebang in the docs
If anyone else is a Zsh fan and has any questions, I’m more than happy to answer or demo.