#94: Guarenteed packages via Conda and Conda-Forge

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

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4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Have you ever had trouble installing a package you wanted to use in your Python app? Likely it contained some odd dependency, required a compilation step, maybe even using an uncommon compiler like Fortran. Did you try it on Windows? How many times have you seen "Cannot find vcvarsall.bat" before you had to take a walk?

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0:00.0	Have you ever had trouble installing a package you wanted to use in your Python app?
0:03.9	Likely it contains some odd dependency, required a compilation step,
0:07.9	maybe even using an uncommon compiler like Fortran?
0:10.9	Did you try this on Windows?
0:12.3	How many times have you seen cannot find Vcvars all dot bat before you have to take a walk?
0:17.9	If this sounds familiar, you might want to check out the Konda Package Manager,
0:21.5	Anaconda, the distribution, Konda Forge, and Konda Build. Together, these dramatically lower
0:27.6	the bar for installing packages across all the platforms. This week, you'll meet Phil Ellison,
0:33.0	Kale Franz, and Michael Sarahan, who all work on various parts of this ecosystem.
0:42.9	This is Talk Python to me, episode 94, recorded December 14th, 2016.
0:52.8	I'm a developer in many senses of the word, because I make these applications, but I also use these verbs to make this music.
0:54.9	I constructed line by line, just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:59.2	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
1:02.6	Anyone can get the job done.
1:03.9	It's the execution that matters.
1:05.7	I have many interests.
1:07.3	Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
1:15.1	This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy.
1:18.8	Keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at TalkPython.fm and follow the show on Twitter via At Talk Python.
1:26.0	This episode is brought to you by MongoDB and Continuum Analytics.
1:30.2	Think them both for supporting the show by checking out what they have to offer during
1:33.7	their segments.
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