Why would pip install python packages outside of my current virtualenv?

Question

I just installed virtualenv earlier today, and I've been trying to get django-nonrel to work using a virtual environment. After many hours of trying and failing to do so, I chatted with someone who suggested that the problem is with pip itself.

I create a virtual environment with virtualenv env_name. I enter it with:

source env_name/bin/activate

I then install something with pip. For example,

sudo pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/django-nonrel;

I then perform a pip freeze, and the only output is:

wsgiref=0.1.2

Can anyone see why this might happen?

Thanks,

ParagonRG

Notes:

• pip is version 1.1.

• virtualenv is version 1..7.1.2

Answer 1

You forgot the git extension

$> mkvirtualenv test
(test)> pip install  git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/django-nonrel.git 
(test)> pip freeze
Django==1.3.1
wsgiref==0.1.2

By the way, you dont need to use sudo if you work with virtualenv. The idea is having your virtualen somewhere you have permission like ~/.virtualenvs/