ExLisper@linux.community to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoPackage managers be likelinux.communityimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down190file-text
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minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down3·1 year agoI don’t think it’s fair to blame pip for some ancient abandoned packages you tried to use.
minus-squareExLisper@linux.communityOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoThe issues I had: packages installing but not working due to missing dependencies packages installing but not working due to broken dependencies (wrong lib version installed) packages not building and failing with obscure errors one package was abandoned and using Python 2.7 If a ‘pip install X’ completes successfully but X doesn’t work it’s on pip. And when it fails it could tell you why. Cargo does.
I don’t think it’s fair to blame pip for some ancient abandoned packages you tried to use.
The issues I had:
If a ‘pip install X’ completes successfully but X doesn’t work it’s on pip. And when it fails it could tell you why. Cargo does.