# Install pyenv-virtualenv with Homebrew

Pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv. Version 1.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pyenv-virtualenv
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pyenv-virtualenv
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pyenv-virtualenv
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pyenv-virtualenv>
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Source summary:** Pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:01-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pyenv-activate (cli)
- pyenv-deactivate (cli)
- pyenv-sh-activate (cli)
- pyenv-sh-deactivate (cli)
- pyenv-virtualenv (cli)
- pyenv-virtualenv-delete (cli)
- pyenv-virtualenv-init (cli)
- pyenv-virtualenv-prefix (cli)
- pyenv-virtualenvs (cli)
- pyenv-activate (alias)
- pyenv-deactivate (alias)
- pyenv-sh-activate (alias)
- pyenv-sh-deactivate (alias)
- pyenv-virtualenv (alias)
- pyenv-virtualenv-delete (alias)
- pyenv-virtualenv-init (alias)
- pyenv-virtualenv-prefix (alias)
- pyenv-virtualenvs (alias)

## Dependencies

- coreutils
- pyenv

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.4.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv
- Upstream latest detected: v1.4.0 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: .python-version
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pyenv-virtualenv
- **Version Scheme:** 1
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Developer build packages](https://pkg.so/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [coreutils](https://pkg.so/brew/coreutils/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pyenv](https://pkg.so/brew/pyenv/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pyenv-virtualenvwrapper](https://pkg.so/brew/pyenv-virtualenvwrapper/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management, pyenv, python.
- [pyenv-pip-migrate](https://pkg.so/brew/pyenv-pip-migrate/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management, pyenv, python.
- [fades](https://pkg.so/brew/fades/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, environment-management, python, virtualenv.
- [pipx](https://pkg.so/brew/pipx/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python.
- [ruff](https://pkg.so/brew/ruff/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python.
- [poetry](https://pkg.so/brew/poetry/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python.
- [pytest](https://pkg.so/brew/pytest/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python.
- [basedpyright](https://pkg.so/brew/basedpyright/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, python.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pyenv-virtualenv.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pyenv-virtualenv.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph