Activate virtualenv in Fish shell
How to activate virtualenv in Fish
Problem
If you used to be a bash shell user and then decided to move to fish, you will probably face a problem with activating your python virtual environment.
The typical method to activate a virtualenv is:
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$ source your_env_name/bin/activate |
This fails in Fish shell:
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source: Error while reading file “your_env_name/bin/activate” |
Solution
The solution for this problem was much a lot easier than googling it. Thankfully, virtualenv ships with an activation script for specifically for Fish. Use that instead:
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$ source your_env_name/bin/activate.fish |
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