Python Environment Dependency Hell

? EASY_INSTALL ? $PYTHONPATH PIP $PATH HOMEBREW PYTHON (2.7) ANACONDA PYTHON ANOTHER PIPP?? OS PYTHON HOMEBREW PYTHON (3.6) PYTHON.ORG BINARY (2.6) ???? (MISC FOLDERS OWNED BY ROOT) /usr/local/Cellar /usr/local/opt /usr/local/lib/python3.6 /usr/local/lib/python2.7 ~/python/ ~/newenv/ (/A BUNCH OF PATHS WITH "FRAMEWORKS" IN THEM SOMEWHERE/) MY PYTHON ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME SO DEGRADED THAT MY LAPTOP HAS BEEN DECLARED A SUPERFUND SITE.

A hand-drawn flowchart shows a chaotic Python installation involving pip, Easy Install, Anaconda, Homebrew, multiple Python versions, and tangled filesystem paths. The joke compares a badly corrupted Python environment to a toxic waste site, humorously expressing the frustration of dependency and path management. EN: A hand-drawn flowchart shows a chaotic Python installation involving pip, Easy Install, Anaconda, Homebrew, multiple Python versions, and tangled filesystem paths. The joke compares a badly corrupted Python environment to a toxic waste site, humorously expressing the frustration of dependency and path management.

• @profunctor_io / 828 2018-04-30