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I often run into problems running Python code under Linux. I don’t know if it is a me problem or if I’m missing the right incantations to set up the environmen
by bhaak 1y ago
I often run into problems running Python code under Linux.
I don’t know if it is a me problem or if I’m missing the right incantations to set up the environment or whatever. Never had that much problems with Java.
But I’m a Java and Ruby person so it might really be missing knowledge.
- cestith 1y agoPython can be tricky with the big differences between 2 and 3.
- loloquwowndueo 1y agoPython 3 came out in 2008. If the 2 vs 3 differences are still biting you you probably have bigger problems to solve (deprecated, insecure, unmaintained dependencies for example).
- coolcase 1y agoAnd IPv6 came out in 1995
- loloquwowndueo 1y agoYour point?
- coolcase 1y ago"Comes out" and "Ready to switch to" are two different things. Your conclusion is correct but not because Python 3 came out in 2008. It was ready to switch to some point a few years later but we'll before 2025 (I don't recall when sorry I didn't do Python at the time!)
- icedchai 1y agoAs late as 2022, I was at a company still in the middle of "migrating" from 2 to 3. I wouldn't be surprised if the migration project was still going on. The system had gone beyond tech debt and was bordering on bankruptcy.
- jonhohle 1y agoFor anything more than just a one off script, look into venv. I’ve not written any python until this past year and can’t imagine maintaining an ongoing project without it. Prior to that I would frequently have issues (and still have issues with one-off random scripts that use system python).
- kevin_thibedeau 1y agoIt's not you. Python packaging has regressed into a worse mess than it was 20 years ago. I limit myself to simple scripts that only rely on builtins. Anything more complicated goes to a more dependable language.
- icedchai 1y agoI rarely run into issues when using Poetry. If you use pip, add packages to requirements.txt willy-nilly and don't pin versions then you are asking for trouble.
- myko 1y agoi like poetry though i've moved to uv - both work really well
- icedchai 1y agoI've heard great things about uv. I plan to try it for my next project.
- bornfreddy 1y agoI use pipenv and it kind-of-works. Will try uv or poetry though - which one would you recommend?
- dwood_dev 1y agoUV. Using it as the exec target for python (UV script) is great. Dependencies declared at the top, now I have executable files in something better than bash. I no longer shy away from writing <500 LOC utility/glue scripts in python thanks to uv.
- myko 1y agoI can't recommend uv enough. It's so fast, and uvx is so useful to run a random Python CLI tool. If you want to do things like you're accustomed to with pip you just `uv pip ...`
- _ea1k 1y agoHonestly, it isn't just you. I had to hold off on 3.13 for quite a while too, because of various package conflicts. It isn't terrible, especially thanks to things like pyenv, but it is far from perfect.