I have been using Anaconda from Continuum Analytics for years to avoid that kind of issues after being bitten once. It is well isolated, usually installed in /u

I have been using Anaconda from Continuum Analytics for years to avoid that kind of issues after being bitten once. It is well isolated, usually installed in /usr/local/anaconda3/, and the environments are typically created in /usr/local/anaconda3/envs/