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vanous
on Aug 5, 2016
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The distribution packages are often carefully tuned to match compatible versions, with pip, you might add something that the packaging system doesn't account for. I disliked pip ever since but the virtualenv idea sounds good.
maweki
on Aug 5, 2016
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pip install --user and you have a local installation leaving everything untouched. As you have a local npm/cabal/gem package store.
Annatar
on Aug 7, 2016
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So now it is expected of me to learn some programming language's private packaging system, just to use an application?
Nope, that won't fly.
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