sudo pip3 install & wrong permissions

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:01:44PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
> I think this is probably a smart idea.  I've recently started using
> virtualenv (combined with screen over ssh) on a server at work, but
> I've been running experiments in the same screen session for a while
> so I haven't had to re-enable it.
> 
> Is it possible to set virtualenv up so that when I open an xterm it
> will have everything set up so my scripts will run right away?

You can symlink programs from the virtualenv's bin/ directory into some
directory on your $PATH and they should work.

> Is it possible to set it up so scripts running in cron & at jobs have
> access to the libraries in the virtualenv?

Normally speaking things like cron will be running a script in the
virtualenv, in which case they can just invoke it by its full path.  If
you have more complicated requirements than that, then you can use
<path-to-virtualenv>/bin/python to invoke your scripts.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]