Python Notes

Environment

To define and use a new python environment, and install particular packages, see the following couple of examples:

Meson

python3 -m venv ~/venv/meson
source ~/venv/meson/bin/activate
pip install 'meson @ git+https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git'
meson --version

Pyvista

python3 -m venv ~/venv/pyvista/
source ~/venv/pyvista/bin/activate
pip install pyvista vtk pyqt6 pyvistaqt

• To exit from the python environment: deactivate
• To list all the installed packages: pip list
• To update the installed packages: pip install --upgrade pip
• To uninstall a package: pip uninstall <package_name>