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Installing virtualenv in Erle

This is the oficial website of virtualenv, where you can find infromation about the installation and the usage.

If you are connected to the Internet from Erle(by using a wireless nado usb) then you only need to type:

root@erlerobot:~#  pip install virtualenv

If not the process must be a bit more tedious:

First of all yu need to download the virtualenv from here Download the file called virtualenv-1.11.6.tar.gz (md5, pgp)to your Pc. Then copy it to Erleboar, you can find in this tutorial how to do it. Once you have copied it, type :

root@erlerobot:~#  tar xvfz virtualenv-1.11.6.tar.gz
root@erlerobot:~# cd virtualenv-1.11.6
root@erlerobot:~# python setup.py install

Congratulations you are now ready to use it!