How to leave/exit/deactivate a Python virtualenv?

Question

I'm using virtualenv and the virtualenvwrapper. I can switch between virtualenv's just fine using the workon command. me@mymachine:~$ workon env1 (env1)me@mymachine:~$ workon env2 (env2)me@mymachine:~$ workon env1 (env1)me@mymachine:~$ However, how do I exit all virtual machines and workon my real machine again? Right now, the only way I have of getting back to me@mymachine:~$ is to exit the shell and start a new one. That's kind of annoying. Is there a command to workon "nothing", and if so, what is it? If such a command does not exist, how would I go about creating it?

Answer 1

There is no need to shut down the shell and reopen it (although that will work).

Just call workon environment_name to activate your environment,

and call deactivate to deactivate it.

If you have set up the virtual environment correctly, you will see the name of the virtual environment in parentheses when you call "workon".

e.g., if your virtual environment is called cv, then you activate it by calling:

your_prompt $ workon cv

(cv) your_prompt $ python

>>>quit()

(cv) your_prompt $ deactivate

your_prompt $