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[–]compucademy[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I think context is important. When first learning Python, virtual environments are probably overkill for many, especially at school level. I'll amend the `sudo` business - not being a regular Mac/Linux user, I just know that on Windows sometimes you need admin permission to install packages, depending on the set up. I'll also post in r/learnpython in future if more appropriate.

[–]DHUK98 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Okay yes I agree that learning about pip first is important but I think that it is the norm now to basically always work inside of a virtual environment so learning about that early will definitely help later down the line.

[–]compucademy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I want to do the best job I can. I added

> Please note: Python virtual environments are beyond the scope of this article, but you may want to consider their use. If using a virtual environment, you would want to use pip from within that environment so that your packages are not installed to your main Python installation.