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# Use Python venv
Python venv is Python Virtual Environment. Why do we need to use Python venv ? Because we don't want to mess up with Python packages which are stored in different location: system directories, user directories, ...
Assume you use Python 3 and Linux.
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Python venv stores everything in a local directory.
Inside a directory, run:
```sh
python -m venv venv
```
Now you can use venv with:
```sh
source ./venv/bin/activate
```