On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Wildman via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > Yes, you are correct. Third-party pip packages are always > a no-no. > > Speaking of which, there is a library called Netifaces that > will easily do exactly what I want with a few lines of code. > But, it is not to be found in any Linux distro's repository > that I can find. Oh well... >
$ apt-cache search netifaces python-netifaces - portable network interface information - Python 2.x python-netifaces-dbg - portable network interface information - Python 2.x debug extension python3-netifaces - portable network interface information - Python 3.x python3-netifaces-dbg - portable network interface information - Python 3.x debug extension $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 9.3 (stretch) Release: 9.3 Codename: stretch The given homepage URL is http://alastairs-place.net/projects/netifaces/ - is that the right one? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
