You should install 🤗 Datasets in a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) to keep things tidy and avoid dependency conflicts.  
1. Create and navigate to your project directory:  
```bash
mkdir ~/my-project
cd ~/my-project
```  
2. Start a virtual environment inside your directory:  
```bash
python -m venv .env
```  
3. Activate and deactivate the virtual environment with the following commands:  
```bash
# Activate the virtual environment
source .env/bin/activate

# Deactivate the virtual environment
source .env/bin/deactivate
```  
Once you've created your virtual environment, you can install 🤗 Datasets in it.