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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	2024-07-15 16:00 +0000
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 18:43 this Sunday (GMT):
> On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 14:30:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> venv in general is kinda confusing in my opinion.
>
> How so?  The basic use is simple
>
> https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
>
> python -m venv /path/to/new/virtual/environment
>
> I group all my python project in a python directory so it would be
>
> python3 -m venv new_project
> cd new_project
> . ./bin/activate
> python -m pip install matplotlib
> python -m pip install numpy
> etc.
>
> You can get creative with different python versions but I stick with the 
> basics. I need to use python3 initially since that's the base install. 
> After activating the environment it's just python and refers to the python 
> interpreter in the bin directory of the venv directory. Similarly all the 
> packages are placed in lib/python.3x/site-packages. You are not trying to 
> install potentially conflicting packages in a global site-packages.
>
> To get back to the global environment 'deactivate'
>
> https://python.land/virtual-environments/virtualenv
>
> That's a more coherent explanation and points out the minor differences 
> between Windows and Linux.
>
> Anaconda can be used with virtual environments too. If you're a real 
> masochist you can use both but I would suggest sticking with one or the 
> other. I had problems installing packages I needed with Anaconda so went 
> back to standard python for most purposes. Esri favors Anaconda so I do 
> have it on one machine.
>
> fwiw, VS Code allows you to select the interpreter and thus the venv. For 
> example if you've installed keras in a venv and switch to a different venv 
> you don't have access to keras anymore. 


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.
-- 
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