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Re: Python 3.11

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just spent about 4 hrs getting Python 2 and pip setup on my Mac. Any time I have the misfortune of needing to use python I get cold sweats at the thought of the environment stuff.

Why is this still such a massive problem?

Re: Python 3.11

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post #6

just spent about 4 hrs getting Python 2 and pip setup on my Mac. Any time I have the misfortune of needing to use python I get cold sweats at the thought of the environment stuff. Why is this still such a massive problem?

No such problems on Linux, which is free and open-source. I think 'open-source' is the key.

Re: Python 3.11

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post #6

just spent about 4 hrs getting Python 2 and pip setup on my Mac. Any time I have the misfortune of needing to use python I get cold sweats at the thought of the environment stuff. Why is this still such a massive problem?

If you use pyenv, it shouldn't be that difficult.

Re: Python 3.11

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post #6

just spent about 4 hrs getting Python 2 and pip setup on my Mac. Any time I have the misfortune of needing to use python I get cold sweats at the thought of the environment stuff. Why is this still such a massive problem?

Interesting, I don’t use Python much anymore, but my project setup was always something like:

    virtualenv -p interpreter venv 
    source venv/bin/activate
    pip install . . .

These days, I just use nix
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