I have a Linux system (Mint 17.3 based in Ubuntu 14.04) on which I wish to do
some Python development. The system has Python 2.7.6 installed already (there
is a Python 3 installation too but I won't be needing to use that to start
with). I need to install various Python modules for the work I'm
Rereading this through I notice I'm a bit vague on one point.
In Point 2. User install site.py behaviour confusing, one of the things that
confuses me is that the documentation for site.py here
https://docs.python.org/2/library/site.html
...states (in bold) that 'This module is automatically im
Thanks Zach, that's a big help. The only reason I want to get a Python 2.7
environment working first is because I'll be working on third party code and
that's the platform it uses. For any new projects I would use Python 3.
After considering your guidance I think what I will do is install virtua