On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 8:09 PM George N. White III <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 5:55 AM Michael Hannon
<jmhannon.ucdavis(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> I think that the suggestions offered so far (environments, etc.) are all
> very good, but another approach is to use the Anaconda distribution of
> Python:
>
>
https://www.anaconda.com/
>
> I use this distribution precisely to avoid any mixups with the Python
> files that come with the OS distribution. Note that the use of the
> Anaconda version of Python doesn't preclude the use of pip, Python
> environments, etc.
>
Another advantage is that Anaconda provides consistency across multiple
linux distros, macOS, and Windows.
And a disadvantage to anaconda from my view is it's package management is
hard to navigate and poorly documented, at least in the limited time I
spent trying to grok it. Maybe mamba will improve things.