You might also look at pyNN-spyder-devel (NN=27, 33, etc) -- it can be very nice for someone getting started.
(I intend to update the -spyder port to match what is currently -spyder-devel, but haven't for lack of time...) - Eric On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote: > $ which virtualenv >> /opt/local/bin/virtualenv >> $ virtualenv $HOME/PyEnv/python/27 >> New python executable in /Users/paul/PyEnv/python/27/bin/python >> Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done. >> $ virtualenv $HOME/PyEnv/python/36 >> New python executable in /Users/paul/PyEnv/python/36/bin/python >> Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done. >> > > I notice you ran 'virtualenv' here both times, which is linked to > virtualenv27. > > $ ls /$HOME/me/PyEnv/python/*/bin >> /$HOME/me/PyEnv/python/27/bin: >> activate activate_this.py pip >> python python2.7 >> activate.csh easy_install pip2 >> python-config wheel >> activate.fish easy_install-2.7 pip2.7 >> python2 >> /$HOME/me/PyEnv/python/36/bin: >> activate activate_this.py pip >> python python2.7 >> activate.csh easy_install pip2 >> python-config wheel >> activate.fish easy_install-2.7 pip2.7 >> python2 >> > > So this is not surprising given the above. If you want a python 3.6 > virtualenv, use virtualenv36 (or whatever the 3.6 version is called). > > the big question: please explain to me the relation between macports >> python/ipython/pip/virtualenv and how i should use it? when & how macports, >> when & how not, why??? >> > > Well, IPython is a python module that provides an enhanced interactive > shell for python. Pip is the official python module installer. Virtualenv > is a system for making isolated python environments. > > MacPorts manages most of the things that pip does itself, so you normally > shouldn't use pip to install modules into the macports prefix. It's fine to > use it to install into a separate location (e.g. in your home directory) or > into a virtualenv. > > Use a virtualenv when you want a python environment containing a specific > set of modules for a certain task. The documentation has more info: < > https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/> > > - Josh >
