Conda¶
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Purpose¶
Package management
ABI compatibility
Motivation¶
C++ package management is a real issue
DEB package repositories (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.)
Require administrator (root) priviliges
Almost always provide outdated libraries
Snap package repository (Ubuntu)
May provide more up-to-date libraries, but comes with additional challenges around sandboxed environments
Conda package repositories (Linux, macOS, etc.)
ABI compatibility ensured by using standard compiler and compiler flags
conda-forge is almost always using latest release of open-source libraries
Widely adopted in the data-analytics community