• open terminal
• pip install virtualenv
• nav to directory
• python3 -m venv "venv name"
• source "venv name"/bin/activate

The console user will now be: ("venv name")laptopname $

For getting out the virtual environment, just type deactivate

pip install -r requirements.txt

"venv name"/bin/jupyter lab -> runs the jupyter notebooks (sometimes --no-browser is required)

1. source "venv name"/bin/activate
2. pip freeze > requirements.txt