Creating a virtual environment is good practice anyway for Python development in general, as it helps to manage dependencies and avoid conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use the Command Palette (CTRL+SHIFT+P) to open a new terminal session with \u201cTerminal: Create New Terminal\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then create a new virtual environment by running the following commands in the terminal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
python -m venv .venv –system-site-packages
source .venv\/bin\/activate
python -m pip install –upgrade pip setuptools wheel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VSCode will ask “We noticed a new environment has been created. Do you want to select it for the workspace folder”
Click “Yes”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201c\u2013system-site-packages\u201d is an optional argument which means that the virtual environment will also have access to the system site-packages dir (see here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The virtual environment will be created in a folder called “.venv” (you don’t need to put your project files in it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make sure to update your ‘gitignore to prevent committing your virtual environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use the Command Palette (CTRL+SHIFT+P) Python: Select Interpreter
Select the “.venv” one<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ensure pip is up to date:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nIn the terminal window just use a normal pip install command, e.g.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
pip3 install ultralytics<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n(It will get installed in \\.venv.Lib\\site-packages)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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