You can also try conda's environments which are a system-level concept and is an even lighter-weight approach to some of the problems people are using Docker to

You can also try conda's environments which are a system-level concept and is an even lighter-weight approach to some of the problems people are using Docker to solve. If you just need an independent software environment, conda gives you that while sharing files that can be shared. http://conda.pydata.org http://conda.pydata.org