Re: package management - common storage while keeping the versions straight

On 24Jun2020 1923, David Mathog wrote:
> I think I will experiment a little with pipenv and if necessary after
> each package install use a script to remove the installed libraries
> and replace them with a hard link to the one in the common area.
> Maybe it will be possible to put in those links before installing the
> package of interest (like for scanpy, see first post), which will
> hopefully keep it from having to rebuild all those packages too.

Here's a recent discussion about this exact idea (with a link to an 
earlier discussion on this list): 
https://discuss.python.org/t/proposal-sharing-distrbution-installations-in-general/2524

It's totally possible, though it's always a balance of trade-offs. Some 
of the people on that post may be interested in developing a tool to 
automate parts of the process.

Cheers,
Steve
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