Sijo Jose wrote: > @Michel > using virtualenv we can create an isolated environment in the system. > Just go through - http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/ > @Eric > I'm using Ubuntu, and I was able to install and use libvirt using sudo > apt-get install python-libvirt but its not available in tg2 virtual > environment. > > Moreover if you try to install in the virtualenv using the sudo apt-get > install python-libvirt, it would say the package is been already installed. apt-get operates with system-level packages, so there's no difference if you run it from virtualenv or not. I think you have two options: - Install python-libvirt and create virtualenv with --system-site-packages [1] so it pulls system python-libvirt - Activate virtualenv and install python-libvirt using pip 1: http://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest/virtualenv.html#the-system-site-packages-option Roman Bogorodskiy -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list