GDSC Intro Session: Drawing Activity

Creating a Virtual Environment

To create a virtual environment, open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to create the virtual environment. Then, run the following command:

python -m venv .venv

This will create a new directory called .venv containing a copy of the Python interpreter, the pip package manager, and other necessary files.

Activating the Virtual Environment

To activate the virtual environment, run the following command:

source .venv/bin/activate

This will update your environment variables so that Python and pip use the virtual environment instead of the global installation.

Installing the Pygame Library

To install the Pygame library, run the following command:

pip3 install pygame

This will install the Pygame library into the virtual environment.

Running Your Code

To run your code, simply type the following command:

python shape.py

This will start the Python interpreter and execute your code.

Example

# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv .venv

# Activate the virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install the Pygame library
pip3 install pygame

Run your code

python shape.py

Note: Once you have finished using the virtual environment, you can deactivate it by running the following command:

deactivate

This will restore your original environment variables.