Venv is provided with the default installation of python since python 3.4 and above.
- Make a virtual environment:
python -m venv venv
- Activate it
- For Windows:
venv\Scripts\activate
- For Linux/Mac/(other Unix):
source venv/bin/activate
Once activated you can use regular python and pip commands and it will operate under your local project.
You can verify this by running
$ where python # for Windows
$ which pip python # for others
NOTE: This applies to not only pip and python but also other python scripts like black, pylint, etc
After finishing your work you can simply use the deactivate command to deactivate your virtual environment and use the system's version of pip and python.
Similarly closing the current terminal window also deactivates it.