Python env packages

How to setup a virtual environment? I have a simple notebook in a test folder

import tensorflow

import tensorflow

I'm on linux, I have marimo installed in the system (not in a virtual environment) I created a virtual environment in the same directory as the notebook:

python -m venv --system-site-packages venv

python -m venv --system-site-packages venv

But running marimo in the test folder doesn't seem to see the venv in the test/venv folder... I also tried running

. ./venv/bin/activate

. ./venv/bin/activate

Before running marimo but I have the same problem. The error that I get

Missing packages

The following packages were not found:

    tensorflow

If you set up a virtual environment, marimo can install these packages for you.

Missing packages

The following packages were not found:

    tensorflow

If you set up a virtual environment, marimo can install these packages for you.

Is not very helpful...

7 Replies

dmad•6mo ago

Did you activate the environment and then install Tensorflow? You can also manually add to PYTHONPATH, but that's not recommended

Eloi TorrentsOP•6mo ago

Yes, I did. then I opened marimo while inside the environment

dmad•6mo ago

What happens when you run:

import sys

sys.path

import sys

sys.path

in a cell?

Akshay•6mo ago

We have some logic for detecting whether marimo is running in a virtual environment. Looks like it’s not exhaustive.

Akshay•6mo ago

If you'd like to help or are curious: https://github.com/marimo-team/marimo/blob/main/marimo/_runtime/packages/utils.py#L23-L25

GitHub

marimo/marimo/_runtime/packages/utils.py at main · marimo-team/marimo

A reactive notebook for Python — run reproducible experiments, execute as a script, deploy as an app, and version with git. - marimo-team/marimo

Eloi TorrentsOP•5mo ago

I get the current working directory plus: 1: "/usr/bin" 2: "/usr/lib/python312.zip" 3: "/usr/lib/python3.12" 4: "/usr/lib/python3.12/lib-dynload" 5: "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages"

Akshay•5mo ago

Can you also print sys.prefix, sys.real_prefix, and sys.base_prefix?