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I don't know if I actually have something you would call an "install". I run 3rd party software in fresh Debian containers. So there is nothing in there I woul

• BiteCode_dev 5y ago
  The container has a system python stdlib, and it's used by apt. If it breaks, everything breaks. I've destroyed it twice, with style I must say. If any script, or yourself, run "pip install" using admin rights (the default on a lot of container techs), you have a chance to break it.
  • JonathanBeuys 5y ago
    "Chance to break" what? It is not as if I manually work in a terminal inside a container that is somehow permanent and valuable. I just once create a dockerfile with the commands to set up the application I want to use. That's it. From then on, I use that container whenever I want to use that application.
    • BiteCode_dev 5y ago
      If pip installs something that has a dependancy with the same name than any of the packages you install, it can cause a conflict, because by default, they will override each other.