Virtual Environment

create virtual environment 'my-env'

virtualenv my-env

start virtual environment

source my-env/bin/activate

end virtual environment

deactivate

set default python version for virtual environment

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.7 my-env

install package in venv with python 3

pip3 install <package>[==<version>]

Install GDAL in venv:

pip3 install --global-option=build_ext --global-option="-I/usr/include/gdal" GDAL==`gdal-config --version`