That sounds frustrating, however easy_install hasn't been relevant for years, and obviously 2.x is EoL. Anaconda is generally better for beginners since it mana

That sounds frustrating, however easy_install hasn't been relevant for years, and obviously 2.x is EoL. Anaconda is generally better for beginners since it manages basically everything for you. Hardly a disaster. You basically need NPM if you want to work with any kind of libraries, and I'd say the Anaconda system comes with way more ergonomics out of the box, so that's more or less a wash.