How do I update virtualenv?

Question

I have installed python-virtualenv version 1.4.9 and the latest version is 1.6.1. How do I update to version 1.6.1. Do I have to uninstall version 1.4.9? If so, how do I uninstall it?

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Solution

sudo pip install virtualenv --upgrade

Comments

[Andrew Swan]

Works on OSX too, FWIW.

[SeF]

sudo pip is not good practice for many reasons...