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+.. _pip-virtualenv:
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+Further Configuration of Pip and Virtualenv
+-------------------------------------------
+
+By now it should be clear that using virtual envirtonments is a great way to keep
+your development environment clean and keeping different projects' requirements
+separate.
+
+When you start working on many different projects, it can be hard to remember to
+activate the related virtual environment when you come back to a specific project.
+As a result of this, it is very easy to install packages globally while thinking
+that you are actually installing the package for the virtual environment of the
+project. Over time this can result in a messy global package list.
+
+In order to make sure that you install packages to your active virtual environment
+when you use ``pip install``, consider adding the following two lines to your
+``~/.bashrc`` file:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+    export PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV=true
+
+After saving this change and sourcing the ``~/.bashrc`` file with ``source ~/.bashrc``,
+pip will no longer let you install packages if you are not in a virtual environment.
+If you try to use ``pip install`` outside of a virtual environment pip will gently
+remind you that an activated virtual environment is needed to install packages.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+    $ pip install requests
+    Could not find an activated virtualenv (required).
+
+You will of course need to install some packages globally (usually ones that you
+use across different projects consistenly) and this can be accomplished by adding
+the following to your ``~/.bashrc`` file:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+    gpip() {
+        PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV="" pip "$@"
+    }
+
+After saving the changes and sourcing your ``~/.bashrc`` file you can now install
+packages globally by running ``gpip install``. You can change the name of the
+function to anything you like, just keep in mind that you will have to use that
+name when trying to install packages globally with pip.
+
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