[Python-Dev] Binary CPython distribution for Linux (original) (raw)

Joseph Martinot-Lagarde joseph.martinot-lagarde at m4x.org
Thu Jun 26 23:27:39 CEST 2014

Le 26/06/2014 22:00, Antonio Cavallo a écrit :

> Of course Anaconda is oriented towards scientific applications but it is > a proof that a pre-build binary installer works and can be simple to use.

Rpm are the "blessed" way to instal software on linux: it supports what most sysadmin expect (easy to list the installed packages, easy to validate if tampering to a package occurred, which file belongs to a package? etc..). Anaconda might appeal some group of user, but for deployment company-wide rpm is the best technical solution given its integration in linux.

  1. Not all Linux distros use rpm (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux...)
  2. rpm need to be root to be installed.

Btw, Anaconda is multiplatform and can be installed on Linux, Windows and Mac.

Joseph

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