All package managers suck, conda sucks less
summary
Conda installs both Python packages and system libraries so C‑extension modules like pyodbc install without invoking apt; Anaconda bundles ~2GB of data while Miniconda gives a minimal conda client; environments are relocatable environments that clone and export to YAML for reproducibility; installs use hard links for speed; default packages target manylinux1 (CentOS5) so you miss years of compiler fixes; use community channel conda-forge or fall back to pip when a package is only on PyPI; conda can also build and serve internal packages.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:45System Python
- 3:15System Package Manager
- 7:06Anaconda
- 10:15Environments
- 15:36Installing Packages
- 17:27Dependencies
- 20:08Condor Forge
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