[GTALUG] Installing Anaconda with Python 3 on 32 bit linux (Ubuntu ver 16.04 )

90ur1 90ur1 90ur190ur1 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 20 19:50:53 EDT 2019


Interesting for me too as I'm coming back to the linux world after a long
gap.
I have installed Anaconda , the 32 bit one  and am happy to be able to do
my coding locally as opposed to going on the cloud.

Gouri


On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 3:59 PM o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Greetings
>
> A very interesting thread!!
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 1:02 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
> <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> >
> > | From: Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> >
> > | One gotcha I had with Anaconda was that it usurped the system Python
> > | interpreter[s] in the user's path. Your /usr/bin/python won't change,
> > | but the one seen by env as a user might. Causes endless fun when
> > | installing packages.
> >
> > Thanks for the warning.
> >
> > This relates to my lightning rumination: "what is a distro?"
> >
> > As a Linux user, it has been very convenient to delegate several
> > software maintenance tasks to the distro:
> >
> > - selecting
> > - security auditing
> > - configuring
> > - testing
> > - bug fixing
> > - updating
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by 'updating'?
> Are you expecting the distro to schedule the update?
> Do you want the distro to inform you of newer versions?
> Hmmmmmmmm - - - please?
> >
> > I may not agree with all their choices, but it sure makes life easier.
> > I pick a distro based on how happy I am with the distro's choices.
> >
> > Sometimes I install software that isn't provided by the distro.  A
> > little more work for me, but not a problem.
> >
> > The trouble you mention comes from software that is partially from
> > inside the distro and partly from outside.  Python3 is part of Ubuntu
> > 16.04.  But, Anaconda, part of the Python system is not part of
> > Ubuntu.  I assume you install it with pip.
> >
> > If you actually change how Python3 behaves (as opposed to just adding
> > stuff), your distro's software could misbehave -- some is written in
> > Python3.
> >
> > Similar problems arise with TeX (CTAN) and with Perl (CPAN) and who
> > knows what else.
> >
> > Another variant of the problem arises when you need something more
> > modern than what the distro provides.  This is accute in RHEL because
> > it is so focussed on stability.
> >
> > I think that Canonical's "Snaps" (and flatpak.org's "Flatpak's) are
> > meant to address this hard problem.  I don't know how well this works.
>
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