Can't decide - install modules with Ubuntu package manager (apt) or pip3 in venv

[Thisisaline]

Thanks for the feedback metulburr.

I usually install globally and never use virtual environments. That is because my linux partitions are repetitively deleted with a new installation of a distribution quite often. So i have no comment on their use as i never use them.

If you're frequently deleting and installing distros, it's fair enough that you install globally since you're less likely to run into conflicts. I don't have any intention of reinstalling Ubuntu or changing distros for the meantime until I get a new pc, which hopefully will happen within the next year.

If you plan on using different programs with different dependencies of the same python version, then you might want to use virtual environments, as its easier to handle a multitude of them. But if your just starting out learning its a smaller chance that you would need it. It really depends on what you are doing though.

And this is the crux of my difficulty. Since I'm new to linux and python, I have no idea how likely it is that I will need to use other programs with conflicting dependencies. For now, I just want WattmanGTK to work so I can downclock my gpu. If installing it with a venv avoids future problems, then great, but for all I know, I may not even use any programs that cause conflict and I'd just be overcomplicating things with venv for nothing.