Re: Building plans .....
Jack Jansen <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:54:58 +0100
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--===============5274607372434982223== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_ADB6C1D0-EAEB-4B3C-B68D-A0D3C40AC25E" --Apple-Mail=_ADB6C1D0-EAEB-4B3C-B68D-A0D3C40AC25E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >=20 > but "conda" is a package management tool, a bit like yum or apt in the = Linux world, or Brew, for that matter. except that: >=20 > * It is platform independent -- it attempts to work the same way on = all all platforms to the degree possible. > * It provides management of isolated "environments", so you can have a = different collection of software and libraries, all with a different = combination of version on the same system, isolated from one another. So how does conda handle things that must be installed in =E2=80=9Cspecial= =E2=80=9D locations on some platforms? For example, if you install some = package that contains a kernel driver, undoubtedly on windows this=E2=80=99= ll have to go somewhere deep down in c:\system32 or something. Because in a way Python on the mac (if you want to use a = framework/app/bundle Python) is like that: it has some platform-specific = installation requirements (that bits of it go into /Library/Frameworks = and other bits in /Application), and in the end you setup a few symlinks = in the conda bin directory (or the conda per-environment bin directory, = or however that works) and for a conda user the situation will be = exactly the same on Mac as on Linux=E2=80=A6.. -- Jack Jansen, <[email protected]>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma = Goldman --Apple-Mail=_ADB6C1D0-EAEB-4B3C-B68D-A0D3C40AC25E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">but "conda" is a package management = tool, a bit like yum or apt in the Linux world, or Brew, for that = matter. except that:</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">* It is platform independent -- it attempts to work the same = way on all all platforms to the degree possible.</div><div class=3D"">* = It provides management of isolated "environments", so you can have a = different collection of software and libraries, all with a different = combination of version on the same system, isolated from one = another.</div></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D"">So how does = conda handle things that must be installed in =E2=80=9Cspecial=E2=80=9D = locations on some platforms? For example, if you install some package = that contains a kernel driver, undoubtedly on windows this=E2=80=99ll = have to go somewhere deep down in c:\system32 or something.</div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Because in a way Python = on the mac (if you want to use a framework/app/bundle Python) is like = that: it has some platform-specific installation requirements (that bits = of it go into /Library/Frameworks and other bits in /Application), and = in the end you setup a few symlinks in the conda bin directory (or the = conda per-environment bin directory, or however that works) and for a = conda user the situation will be exactly the same on Mac as on = Linux=E2=80=A6..</div><div class=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class=3D""><p = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; " class=3D""><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " = class=3D"">--</font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; " class=3D""><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; " class=3D"">Jack Jansen, <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>>, = <a href=3D"http://www.cwi.nl/~jack" = class=3D"">http://www.cwi.nl/~jack</a></font></p><p style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; " = class=3D""><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; " class=3D"">If I can't dance I = don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma Goldman</font></p><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=3D""></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_ADB6C1D0-EAEB-4B3C-B68D-A0D3C40AC25E-- --===============5274607372434982223== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/Pythonmac-SIG --===============5274607372434982223==--