Re: [IBMiOSS] Do worry - Python newbie calling

[Craig Richards <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 at 16:41, Jack Woehr via OpenSource <
opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   1.
> Always always always develop in a virtual environment
>      *
> python -m venv my_virtual_environment --system-site-packages
>      *
> source my_virtual_environment/bin/activate
>   2.
> pip install someModule
>   3.
> But always check for the module first via yum search because popular
> hard-to-build modules are provided by IBM in the yum repo
Good advice, but I'd suggest that for installation of packages:
`python -m pip install <some package>` is best practice.