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well, a lot of "system" utilities are implemented in Python and I'm not aware of many in Ruby (they must exist? I just checked to see what on my system depends

by cozzyd 6y ago

well, a lot of "system" utilities are implemented in Python and I'm not aware of many in Ruby (they must exist? I just checked to see what on my system depends on Ruby and it seems like the only things are a screenruler utility, some texlive packages I've never heard of and gnome-code-assistance, whatever that is). Pip installing random crap is a great way to completely break some Linux systems.

toyg 6y ago
Running pip as root is a great way to self-compromise. Would you ever run npm as root...?
- cozzyd 6y ago
  Absolutely... I usually do python setup.py bdist_rpm if I want to install some package systemwide. Not sure it's really any safer, but it sure feels safer...