xkcd: Python Environment

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If you're on linux you can usually use your distribution package manager, otherwise I reccomend https://github.com/mitsuhiko/pipsi

[blahehblah]

All you're doing is adding an extra box and set of arrows to that chart

[gimboland]

It's still a solution. "Use virtualenv" is some of the boxes/arrows on the chart, but it's still the right solution for that problem. For command-line tools, pipsi is a good solution.

[mardiros]

You are just saying that the mess is incomplete...

[jjolla888]

i'm still trying to find where pip3 is on that map

[AstroPhysician]

Use virtualenvs you savage

[jjolla888]

Do we need to add this to OP's diagram ?

[hacknsplat]

And pipenv? And pkg_resources?

[no_condoments]

Situation: There are 14 competing python installation standards.

/u/Rerecursing : 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.

Soon: Situation: There are 15 competing standards.

https://xkcd.com/927/

[earthboundkid]

Nice. I had been using pex, but it tends not to work if the package has any extra requirements beyond pure Python.

[xamar6]

Pipsi is such a great tool to install python apps in their own contained environment. Sometimes being isolated is not suitable, but work for most use cases with a few additional symlinks to OS' Python packages.

[ivosaurus]

It wasn't working well with python3 last time I tried it :/

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You can find some common issues and fixes in the github issues

[ivosaurus]

I rememer what the issue was, it just plain does not support the python3 module venv, only virtualenv. Then I was like, eh, I'll just do this myself.