pythonvirtualenvpylint

Pylint doesn't point to virtualenv Python interpreter

My Pylint doesn't point to the virtualenv Python interpreter. Here is the output that I get when I run pylint --version:

pylint --version

Output:

   pylint 0.21.1,
   astng 0.20.1, common 0.50.3
   Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Jul 10 2013, 22:48:45)
   [GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)]

In virtualenv, I have Python 2.7 installed. How can I make Pylint point to the 2.7 version in the virtual environment?

Solution

  • A cheap trick is to run (the global) Pylint using the virtualenv Python instance.

    You can do this using python $(which pylint) instead of just pylint. In Z shell (executable zsh), you can also do python =pylint.