The latest articles on DEV Community by Andriy Tymchenko (@silpol). https://dev.to/silpol https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F297193%2Fb5319850-f021-4632-b0ca-170dbb9be454.jpg https://dev.to/silpol en Andriy Tymchenko Tue, 03 Jan 2023 06:29:54 +0000 https://dev.to/silpol/answer-what-is-the-difference-between-pip-and-conda-5p https://dev.to/silpol/answer-what-is-the-difference-between-pip-and-conda-5p <div class="ltag__stackexchange--container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title-container"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--title"> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--header"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--AoTUKOcU--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/stackoverflow-logo-b42691ae545e4810b105ee957979a853a696085e67e43ee14c5699cf3e890fb4.svg" alt=""> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20994716/what-is-the-difference-between-pip-and-conda/20994790#20994790" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <span class="title-flare">answer</span> re: What is the difference between pip and conda? </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--post-metadata"> <span>Jan 8 '14</span> </div> </div> <a class="ltag__stackexchange--score-container" href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20994716/what-is-the-difference-between-pip-and-conda/20994790#20994790" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--oeieW07A--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-up-eff2e2849e67d156181d258e38802c0b57fa011f74164a7f97675ca3b6ab756b.svg" alt=""> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--score-number"> 721 </div> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--h2-sXgSn--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/stackexchange-arrow-down-4349fac0dd932d284fab7e4dd9846f19a3710558efde0d2dfd05897f3eeb9aba.svg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--body"> <p>Quoting from the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20170415041123/www.continuum.io/blog/developer-blog/python-packages-and-environments-conda" rel="noreferrer">Conda blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Having been involved in the python world for so long, we are all aware of pip, easy_install, and virtualenv, but these tools did not meet all of our specific requirements. The main problem is that they are focused around Python, neglecting non-Python library dependencies…</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="ltag__stackexchange--btn--container"> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20994716/what-is-the-difference-between-pip-and-conda/20994790#20994790" class="ltag__stackexchange--btn" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Full Answer</a> </div> </div> <p>Quoting from the Conda blog:</p> <blockquote> <p>Having been involved in the python world for so long, we are all aware of pip, easy_install, and virtualenv, but these tools did not meet all of our specific requirements. The main problem is that they are focused around Python, neglecting non-Python library dependencies, such as HDF5, MKL, LLVM, etc., which do not have a setup.py in their source code and also do not install files into Python’s site-packages directory.</p> </blockquote> pip conda python