Pip is easy once you start using requirement.txt files and virtualenv/docker/jails/whatever. it all boils down to "pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt"

Pip is easy once you start using requirement.txt files and virtualenv/docker/jails/whatever. it all boils down to "pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt" Where most people start having trouble is when they install some packages through rpm/apt/pkg and then install others through pip, and there are shared dependencies between the two sets of packages with different versions.