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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/venv.rst
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The :mod:`venv` module provides support for creating lightweight "virtual
environments" with their own site directories, optionally isolated from system
site directories. Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (allowing
creation of environments with various Python versions) and can have its own
independent set of installed Python packages in its site directories.
site directories. Each virtual environment has its own Python binary (which
matches the version of the binary that was used to create this environment) and
can have its own independent set of installed Python packages in its site
directories.

See :pep:`405` for more information about Python virtual environments.

.. seealso::

`Python Packaging User Guide: Creating and using virtual environments
<https://packaging.python.org/installing/#creating-virtual-environments>`__

.. note::
The ``pyvenv`` script has been deprecated as of Python 3.6 in favor of using
``python3 -m venv`` to help prevent any potential confusion as to which
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5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions Doc/using/venv-create.inc
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
The use of ``venv`` is now recommended for creating virtual environments.

.. seealso::

`Python Packaging User Guide: Creating and using virtual environments
<https://packaging.python.org/installing/#creating-virtual-environments>`__

.. highlight:: none

On Windows, invoke the ``venv`` command as follows::
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