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Why I Left NixOS for Ubuntu
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this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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I'm not a Nix user, but doesn't Nix make both pip and venv obsolete in a way? Nix is a package manager (which could be used to package anything including Python packages/modules) and also allows you to create environments that include only certain packages of certain versions.
Sounds good in theory, until you want to install scikit-image or other Python libraries which need complex builds.
python3Packages.scikit-imageappears to be available and non-broken in nixpkgs; on my machine, I get/nix/store/w8681ncsw92cn4gq6gyraw4z19r0r6c3-python3.11-scikit-image-0.21.0. Do you have an actual example?I understand your point, but given nixpkgs' position in the community, it might be a moot point.