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 What if Python shipped a standard library module that diagnosed this stuff in as much detail as possible for you? So you could run something like: python -m debugenv And it would print out a whole bunch of useful stuff about what your PATH is, your Python path, what version, any other versions it can find in common locations, if you are in a virtual environment, links to tutorials that will explain more - that kind of thing 7 comments
 @simon I wrote something that does a little bit of this: https://github.com/nedbat/pydoctor @simon something along these lines is quite literally on my plate for the next few weeks of free time at work  @simon I started to write that once. The root problem is that the Python run time could be anywhere on the machine, but is likely at a few know places. Or it is at 130 places because that is how many vens are on the machine.  @simon This would have saved me two to three hours today. it really needs to come to life. @simon I’m sure you’ll hear about a number of these tools today, but for work I made a less Python-specific environment report tool, which handles things like HPC system modules, pip, conda, $PATH: https://github.com/minrk/envreport . It errs on the side of “entirely too much information, send this to support,” probably not very manageable for most directly affected individuals. |
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@simon I like the idea though I think "debug" shouldn't be the term used. I feel that should be reserved for actual code fixing, not just inspecting the environment.
Something like "inspect" or "list" or "show" or "dump" might be better?