Re: [gentoo-user] g-cpan equivalent for python

[Ralph Seichter]

* Dan Johansson:

> The recommended way to install it is using pip which will then install
> everything including dependencies (which could lead to conflicts with
> software installed using emerge (I guess)).

There will be no conflicts if you use 'pip' with virtual Python
environments. The following example works in BASH:

  cd /path/to/some/workdir
  python3.7 -m venv venv
  . venv/bin/activate

You have now activated a virtual Python 3.7 environment, including
'pip'. Now you can use

  pip install foobar

To install 'foobar' and all dependencies from pypi.org, with all files
being written inside the /path/to/some/workdir/venv directory. Virtual
environments ensure there are no conflicts between different Python
applications or the system's own Python installations.

-Ralph