Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 6:56 PM wrote: > > W dniu niedziela, 1 grudnia 2019 05:42:35 UTC+1 użytkownik John Ladasky > napisał: > > > For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal stack of > > Python modules on top of the system Python. It is possible to corrupt the > > OS, or

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread niktnobodynikt
W dniu niedziela, 1 grudnia 2019 05:42:35 UTC+1 użytkownik John Ladasky napisał: > For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal stack of > Python modules on top of the system Python. It is possible to corrupt the > OS, or so I've gathered. > > Well, I've never heeded this

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 3:46 PM John Ladasky wrote: > > Long-time Ubuntu user here. > > For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal stack of > Python modules on top of the system Python. It is possible to corrupt the > OS, or so I've gathered. > > Can anyone provide concret

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread Richard Damon
On 12/1/19 10:41 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 11/30/19 9:42 PM, John Ladasky wrote: >> Can anyone provide concrete examples of problems arising from >> installing modules on top of the system Python? Am I courting >> disaster? > No you aren't. I've also never had any problems. I've installed ma

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/30/19 9:42 PM, John Ladasky wrote: > Can anyone provide concrete examples of problems arising from > installing modules on top of the system Python? Am I courting > disaster? No you aren't. I've also never had any problems. I've installed many things into my root system Python installation

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread musbur
On Sun, 1 Dec 2019 01:33:50 -0800 (PST) John Ladasky wrote: > The only thing I must install with pip is tensorflow-gpu. For > everything else, I make use of the Ubuntu repositories. The Synaptic > package manager installs packages (including Python modules) for all > user accounts at the same t

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread John Ladasky
On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 12:47:43 AM UTC-8, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 01Dec2019 09:29, Manfred Lotz <...@posteo.de> wrote: > >On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:42:21 -0800 (PST) > >John Ladasky <...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal > >> stack

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 01Dec2019 09:29, Manfred Lotz wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:42:21 -0800 (PST) John Ladasky wrote: For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal stack of Python modules on top of the system Python. It is possible to corrupt the OS, or so I've gathered. This is nonsense

Re: "Don't install on the system Python"

2019-12-01 Thread Manfred Lotz
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 20:42:21 -0800 (PST) John Ladasky wrote: > Long-time Ubuntu user here. > > For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal > stack of Python modules on top of the system Python. It is possible > to corrupt the OS, or so I've gathered. > This is nonsense a

"Don't install on the system Python"

2019-11-30 Thread John Ladasky
Long-time Ubuntu user here. For years, I've read warnings about not installing one's personal stack of Python modules on top of the system Python. It is possible to corrupt the OS, or so I've gathered. Well, I've never heeded this advice, and so far nothing bad has happened to me. I don't li