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For some of the problems that Node.js and JS at large have with a centralized package manager, I for one am very happy that it's not in the python situation. 10

For some of the problems that Node.js and JS at large have with a centralized package manager, I for one am very happy that it's not in the python situation. 100% of the packages I've tried to install in the last 3+ years are simply `npm install PKG`.

xapata 6y ago
Do popular Node packages rely on C and Fortran?
- bgorman 6y ago
  Even worse, they sometimes rely on C++
- diegof79 6y ago
  I don’t recall any popular Node package relying on Fortran, but there are two popular packages that rely on C: fsevents and node-sass It works on macOS and Linux without any issues. Windows usually requires some extra steps to setup node-gyp
d0mine 6y ago
pip install <package> works even on iPhone (for pure Python packages in Pythonista for iOS)
- franciscop 6y ago
  Do you mean pip3 install <package>? Also tried that, didn't work. Had to learn about Python versions, pip vs pip3 versions, pipenv, conda, how an old python package doesn't work with a modern Python package, etc. All I was trying is to combine tensorflow lite with opencv IIRC. Just look at the installation instructions: - https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip - https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/python https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/python - https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/d2/de6/tutorial_py_setup_in_ubuntu.html https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/d2/de6/tutorial_py_setup_in_ubun... vs https://stackoverflow.com/a/52880211/938236 https://stackoverflow.com/a/52880211/938236
  - darkarmani 6y ago
    I'd love to see how npm would deal with tensorflow. It's a tough package to compile from scratch.
  - d0mine 6y ago
    The instructions that you've link use `pip install tensorflow`
    - franciscop 6y ago
      Yes, but those instructions did not work for me. I am not sure if they didn't work because the required previous libraries were wrong somehow (which would just be `dependencies` in package.json), a different version (non-issue with `dependencies`), my python version was wrong (non-issue with `engines`), etc.
  - virusduck 6y ago
    DONT FORGET sudo pip

xapata 6y ago

Do popular Node packages rely on C and Fortran?

bgorman 6y ago
Even worse, they sometimes rely on C++
diegof79 6y ago
I don’t recall any popular Node package relying on Fortran, but there are two popular packages that rely on C: fsevents and node-sass It works on macOS and Linux without any issues. Windows usually requires some extra steps to setup node-gyp

d0mine 6y ago

pip install <package> works even on iPhone (for pure Python packages in Pythonista for iOS)

franciscop 6y ago
Do you mean pip3 install <package>? Also tried that, didn't work. Had to learn about Python versions, pip vs pip3 versions, pipenv, conda, how an old python package doesn't work with a modern Python package, etc. All I was trying is to combine tensorflow lite with opencv IIRC. Just look at the installation instructions: - https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip - https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/python https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/guide/python - https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/d2/de6/tutorial_py_setup_in_ubuntu.html https://docs.opencv.org/3.4/d2/de6/tutorial_py_setup_in_ubun... vs https://stackoverflow.com/a/52880211/938236 https://stackoverflow.com/a/52880211/938236
- darkarmani 6y ago
  I'd love to see how npm would deal with tensorflow. It's a tough package to compile from scratch.
- d0mine 6y ago
  The instructions that you've link use `pip install tensorflow`
  - franciscop 6y ago
    Yes, but those instructions did not work for me. I am not sure if they didn't work because the required previous libraries were wrong somehow (which would just be `dependencies` in package.json), a different version (non-issue with `dependencies`), my python version was wrong (non-issue with `engines`), etc.
- virusduck 6y ago
  DONT FORGET sudo pip