Question
How can I start running Python files after closing the Ubuntu terminal?
- Posted on June 29, 2017
- PythonUbuntu 16.04
Asked by Rashid Hameed
How can I start running Python files after closing the Ubuntu terminal? In other words how to get a prompt like this in Ubuntu termial: (my_env)rashid@rashid-DH55TC: ~/environments$: This will enable me to execute .py file.
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Hi @RashidHameed
To execute .py files, simply run the command
See this link for more details.
If you are asking about activating your virtual environment (so that in the terminal you see (my_env)rashid@rashid… ) enable or activate your virtual environment using the command
That will change
to
(my_env) is the name of the virtual environment and it’s presence shows that you are now in a virtual environment.