[R] reticulate + virtual environments

[Sigbert Klinke]

Hi,

I am using reticulate and a virtual environment (not conda) to run 
Python scripts from RStudio. However, when I try to use my own 
(existing) virtual environment, reticulate does not use it. If I run my 
scripts, the installed modules (e.g., py_install("pandas", 
"mmstat4.hu.data")) are not found. I believe this happens because 
reticulate is using r-reticulate instead of mmstat4.hu.data. How can I 
force reticulate to use my virtual environment?

Thanks Sigbert

 > library("reticulate")

 > py_config()

python:         /home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate/bin/python

libpython: 
/usr/lib/python3.10/config-3.10-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.10.so

pythonhome: 
/home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate:/home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate

version:        3.10.12 (main, Mar 22 2024, 16:50:05) [GCC 11.4.0]

numpy: 
/home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy

numpy_version:  2.0.0

 > use_virtualenv("mmstat4.hu.data", required = TRUE)

 > py_config()

python:         /home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate/bin/python

libpython: 
/usr/lib/python3.10/config-3.10-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.10.so

pythonhome: 
/home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate:/home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate

version:        3.10.12 (main, Mar 22 2024, 16:50:05) [GCC 11.4.0]

numpy: 
/home/sk/.virtualenvs/r-reticulate/lib/python3.10/site-packages/numpy

numpy_version:  2.0.0

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