Merge pull request #56 from DiamondLightSource/garryod-deactivate-other-venv

Add note on deactivating other virtual environment

Author: gilesknap

docs/user/tutorials/installation.rst

@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ installation will not interfere with any existing Python software::
     $ python3 -m venv /path/to/venv
     $ source /path/to/venv/bin/activate
 
+.. note::
+
+    You may wish to deactivate any existing virual environments before sourcing the new
+    environment. Deactivation can be performed by executing:
+    
+    - :code:`conda deactivate` for conda
+    - :code:`deactivate` for venv or virtualenv
+    - :code:`exit` for pipenv
+
 
 Installing the library
 ----------------------

docs/user/tutorials/new.rst

@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ pip to install packages in a virtual environment::
     source .venv/bin/activate
     pip install -e .[dev]
 
+.. note::
+
+    You may wish to deactivate any existing virual environments before sourcing the new
+    environment. Deactivation can be performed by executing:
+
+    - :code:`conda deactivate` for conda
+    - :code:`deactivate` for venv or virtualenv
+    - :code:`exit` for pipenv
+
 You can then run any entry points declared in setup.cfg e.g.::
 
     python3-pip-skeleton --version