I installed miniconda using homebrew, then installed some python packages inside a virtual environment. But after that I found out there is some hidden folders were created under my home folder like ".matplotlib". Is this normal since I thought I install the packages under "virtual environment" 😭
MacBook Air, macOS 14.4
It's normal. When you install Python packages, a directory is created by the library to store configuration files and cache data. Even if you installed the packages in a virtual environment, these directories are created in your home directory as they pertain to user-specific data rather than the package's code itself.
It's normal. When you install Python packages, a directory is created by the library to store configuration files and cache data. Even if you installed the packages in a virtual environment, these directories are created in your home directory as they pertain to user-specific data rather than the package's code itself.
As stated, it is normal. I always directly install (never homebrew) the current version of Python3 from Python.org and use both native venv and the optional virtualenv package. The first type you import and use the matplotlib package, it will write that dot file into your home directory.
percy42 wrote:
Thanks for your reply! I see that some of the python packages create some user configuration file in the home directory. By the way, dose you imply that the packages install in optional virtualenv package (which can be install form pip? 🧐) will not write that dot file to the home directory?
Not implied at all. Same behavior of the matplotlib package when installed in either virtual environment.
Thanks for your reply! I see that some of the python packages create some user configuration file in the home directory. By the way, dose you imply that the packages install in optional virtualenv package (which can be install form pip? 🧐) will not write that dot file to the home directory?
Oh, sorry for my mistake 😢, my English isn't that good. Thanks again for your reply! 🙏
All good. Your English is fine.
Python packages mess up home folder
