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How do you containerize stuff you install from source in a way that you can completely remove later? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm doing a bunch of AI stuff that needs compiling to try various unrelated apps. I'm making a mess of config files and extras. I've been using distrobox and conda. How could I do this better? Chroot? Different user logins for extra home directories? Groups? Most of the packages need access to CUDA and localhost. I would like to keep them out of my main home directory.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago*

Does NOT delete any files that were written to, for example, ~/.local or ~/.config from dev shell.

One of OP's problems was,

I’m making a mess of config files and extras.

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