Running a script as sudo while using a virtualenv

Question

I need to run a python script as sudo inside a virtualenv. However, running sudo python will run the global python interpreter and not the one from the virtualenv.

Is there a way to do that?

the python script in general does not need sudo, but there is a library used that needs sudo to run some system commands. — edgarstack
– edgarstack, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 19:22

wim · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 19:18:38Z

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Just specify the absolute path to the interpreter. Which you can discover by running, as normal user:

python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"

The "activation" of a virtualenv is nothing more sophisticated than a hack to PATH.

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 19:18

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