On Jan 31, 2013, at 09:44 AM, Chow Loong Jin wrote: >Well, really, the manageable case I was talking about was pip/easy_install >inside a Python virtualenv, which is basically a Python installation that is >kept completely distinct from the system's installation and doesn't touch >anything dpkg is supposed to be managing. > >It's useful for installing crap from PyPI in a more or less standard, >distro-agnostic manner.
This arrangement works pretty well for me in practice, especially since `virtualenv --system-site-packages` can usually give you the mix you need. Cheers, -Barry
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