I have created a virtualenv using the --no-site-packages option and installed lots of libraries. Now I would like to revert the --no-site-packages option and use also the global packages.
Can I do that without recreating the virtualenv?
More precisely:
I wonder what exactly happens when creating a virtualenv using the --no-site-packages option as opposed to not using that option.
If I know what happens then I can figure out how to undo it.
Go to your venv folder and open pyvenv.cfg. (E.g. if your virtual environment is called myenv then the file will be located at myenv\pyvenv.cfg)
You'll see a boolean setting called include-system-site-packages
Set that setting to true to use global packages
If you want to disable using global packages, just set that setting to false instead.
Where 'myvenv' is the name of your virtual environment, and python3.8, like mine, for example, all you need to do in command line is:
$ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages myvenv