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Make a Docker Image for Future OpenJFX 8 Build

Here is the Dockerfile.

Then type in the following commands

The whole image is about 2.2GB and pushing takes some time to finish. When it’s done, everyone can get it from the docker hub.

Create Python Virtual Environment with virtualenv

There are a lot of pros to using a virtual environment to manage different Python environment, which will be independent of each other. The following are the steps to create one under Ubuntu 16.04 with Python 2.7.x

Install the virtualenv with the necessary packages

Create a folder for the virtualenv

Activate & Deactivate the virtual environment

After sourcing the activate script, you can find a “(myenv)” in front of the folder prompt, which is the virtual environment’s name and it has been activated.

Now, the pip can be used to install/update the python modules belongs to this virtual env only.

To deactivate is also very simple.