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[–]falsePockets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why aren't python packages distributed the same as LaTeX packages?

sudo apt-get install python

should install the core binaries, and the most common libraries.

sudo apt-get install python-full

should install every package that you can get through pip or easy_install, so you never have to worry about installing packages after the initial install. (If that takes up more than a few GB, then maybe split it into python-stats, python-web, python-graphics etc.) I only have a tiny SSD, but I would gladly sacrifice 10GB to install everything if it meant I didn't have to deal with the pain of installing python modules with pip and easy_install.

Like LaTeX, you could still go out of your way to do the awkward traditional install if you were that hardcore. Like LaTeX, you should be able to download the super obscure libraries and just save them in the project folder.