This pair of articles is excellent, both for good practical advice about installing Python packages, and for its general attitude about how to teach difficult t

This pair of articles is excellent, both for good practical advice about installing Python packages, and for its general attitude about how to teach difficult things to large groups of people: https://www.bitecode.dev/p/relieving-your-python-packaging-pain https://www.bitecode.dev/p/relieving-your-python-packaging-p... https://www.bitecode.dev/p/why-not-tell-people-to-simply-use https://www.bitecode.dev/p/why-not-tell-people-to-simply-use Every single decision point or edge case represents permanent failure for hudreds of people and intense frustration for thousands. Of course, none of this is really to do with Python the language. It's more about the wide userbase, large set of packages and use cases, and overlapping generations of legacy tools. But most of it isn't C/C++/Fortran's fault either.