Confirm whether you are inside a venv.
Section: Inspect the environment
Show sys.prefix and sys.base_prefix
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python -c "import sys; print(sys.prefix); print(sys.base_prefix)"Explanation
Inside a venv, `sys.prefix` usually points to the venv and `sys.base_prefix` to the base interpreter.
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