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Basic Installation
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virtualenvwrapper should be installed using pip_::
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virtualenvwrapper should be installed into the same global
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site-packages area where virtualenv is installed. You may need
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administrative privileges to do that. The easiest way to install it
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is using pip_::
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$ pip install virtualenvwrapper
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You will want to install it into the global Python site-packages area,
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along with virtualenv. You may need administrative privileges to do
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that.
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or::
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$ sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper
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.. warning::
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You almost certainly do not want to install virtualenvwrapper into
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a virtualenv.
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virtualenv lets you create many different Python environments. You
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should only ever install virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper on your
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base Python installation (i.e. NOT while a virtualenv is active)
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so that the same release is shared by all Python environments that
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depend on it.
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An alternative to installing it into the global site-packages is to
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add it to your user local directory (usually `~/.local`).

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