"""By using execfile(this_file, dict(__file__=this_file)) you will activate this virtualenv environment. This can be used when you must use an existing Python interpreter, not the virtualenv bin/python """ try: __file__ except NameError: raise AssertionError( "You must run this like execfile('path/to/activate_this.py', dict(__file__='path/to/activate_this.py'))" ) import os import site import sys old_os_path = os.environ.get("PATH", "") os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + os.pathsep + old_os_path base = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) if sys.platform == "win32": site_packages = os.path.join(base, "Lib", "site-packages") else: site_packages = os.path.join(base, "lib", "python%s" % sys.version[:3], "site-packages") prev_sys_path = list(sys.path) site.addsitedir(site_packages) sys.real_prefix = sys.prefix sys.prefix = base # Move the added items to the front of the path: new_sys_path = [] for item in list(sys.path): if item not in prev_sys_path: new_sys_path.append(item) sys.path.remove(item) sys.path[:0] = new_sys_path