Re: Hobbyware WinCrap 11 strikes again

On 15 Feb 2025 11:27:36 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:

Maybe things changed since I looked at that the last time. But, the last
time I checked the msi provided only a way to install easily a new
software on Windows. And sometimes with something to remove them. There
was nothing about the updates.

On Ubuntu Brave is a snap. On Windows Brave will tell you when an update
is available, allow you to download it, and apply it on relaunch. On
Ubuntu, Brave will show the update but can't apply it by itself. You have
to update the snap and relaunch. Minor annoyance.

Now, on some systems, like ubuntu, python is managed by the system, so
it refuses to execute a "pip install". And if the library isn't provided
by ubuntu, you have to run "pip install" in a virtual environment to be
able to use a library designed not to be shared with the libraries of
the system.

I believe 'sudo pip install xxxxx' will work although I prefer to use
venvs. Installing to the system libs might be preferable for something
like ruff but I still do that in the venv.