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Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research."

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research."
Date	2024-07-16 14:10 +0000
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 17:24 this Monday (GMT):
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> I didn't know about bin/activate, probably bc on my computer it's not
>> marked as executable..you have to source it for it to work properly. I
>> think I only used it because a project I downloaded required it, and
>> found running the full bin/python3 path every time frustrating.
>
> No, they're scripts and on Linux you get 4 flavors, activate  
> activate.csh  activate.fish, and Activate.ps1.  The last is for PowerShell 
> which you can install on Ubuntu, though I'm not sure why. 

Some people prefer powershell maybe? That's the only thing I can think
of..

> I used to use tcsh but when the Linux world seemed to prefer bash I 
> switched. I never did anything with fish.

I've always stuck to bash, but I have customized it a lot. I even hacked
in a "last process took x seconds" counter on it :D

> On Windows you get activate.bat, deactivate.bat, activate, and 
> Activate.ps1 and they are in the Scripts subdirectory. 
>
> After you activate a venv the prompt will change to something like
>
> (numerical) rbowman@kropotkin:
> (fastapi) rbowman@kropotkin:
>
> and on deactivate it goes back to 
>
> rbowman@kropotkin:
>
> The site=packages for the numerical venv include matplotlib, seaborn, 
> torch, sklearn etc and their dependent packages.  The fastapi packages are 
> completely different, fastapi, pydantic, uvicorn, and so forth. Try 
> running the fastapi script in the numerical environment and you won't get 
> past 
>
> from typing import Union
> from fastapi import FastAPI
> from pydantic import BaseModel
>
> That's what virtual environments are all about. Try installing all those 
> packages in the global site-packages and you get the mess Lawrence 
> mentioned, and it won't matter if you're on Linux, Windows, BSD, or any 
> other OS. The clueless can screw any OS up.

Right, I understand why venvs are made, I just didn't realize there was
a script to make it easier to use, probably because I have a bad habit
of using tab completion to look through bin folders :P

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  Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research." rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-07-13 22:07 +0000
    Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research." candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-14 14:30 +0000
      Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research." rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-07-14 18:43 +0000
        Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research." candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-15 16:00 +0000
          Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research." rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-07-15 17:24 +0000
            Re: "CERN is using Python at the very core of all its scientific research." candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-16 14:10 +0000
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