it's trivial to install C-programs with the appropriate tools such as Nix and spack. You might end up in Tcl-hell in your new python-environment, but as it's no

it's trivial to install C-programs with the appropriate tools such as Nix and spack. You might end up in Tcl-hell in your new python-environment, but as it's not that widely used anymore, one should be fine. Having said that: you generally want this packages integrated with your system (which provides a self-consistent Tcl as well as MPI-environment)