python virtualenv set up from mac - use it in linux

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Is it possible to set up a virtualenv on a Dropbox folder from a Mac and activate that from Ubuntu that also has access to that Dropbox folder? I seem to be able to call source env/bin/activate and it activates the environment, but when I call which python, it gives me /usr/bin/python instead of the one in the virtual environment

Before I do anymore troubleshooting/add more details, is this possible at all and am I just doing something wrong or is this not possible?

ahmed · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-26 23:32:19Z

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It's not possible, because virtualenv use absolute paths to setup the environment.
Also it's kind of the reverse of what virtualenv is created for.

answered Sep 26, 2015 at 23:32

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tripleee Over a year ago

How so? There are obvious things which will not work (libraries compiled for a specific platform, for example) but if you can run activate successfully, the basic functionality should work.

tripleee Over a year ago

A better approach is to make the virtualenv easy to reproduce; using pip install -r requirements.txt should be all it takes.

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