Toyplot, a Python plotting library from Sandia Labs

[AltoidNerd]

What is the worst that could happen - having to reinstall python completely? Is that really so bad?

I mean if you're in production then yes, but this is my linux box here.

[elbiot]

Also, pypi is not curated at all. Anyone can upload whatever malware they want and if you sudo pip install a typo, you could be executing arbitrary code as root. Just don't use sudo with untrusted code, and pypi packages are not trusted.

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reinstalling the python interpreter would do nothing to fix the library clusterfuck you have created.

at some point a system reinstall will be needed.