python-build-standalone is a better alternative to conda-pack on managing Python dependencies for PySpark. Please refer to Packaging Python Dependencies for PySpark Using python-build-standalone for tutorials on how to use python-build-standalone to manage Python dependencies for PySpark.

Build Portable Python Environments Using conda-pack

Please refer to the GitHub repo dclong/conda_environ …

PyPi Statistics

You can check download statistics of Python Packages on PYPI at https://pypistats.org/. This is especially helpful if you want to choose from multiple packages.

Prefer pip

pip is preferred over OS tools (e.g., apt-get, yum, wajig, aptitude, etc.) for managing Python packages. If you are …

It is suggested that you use python-build-standlone instead of conda-pack to build portable Python environments. Please refer to Packaging Python Dependencies for PySpark Using Python-Build-Standalone for more details.

1. All packages in a virtual environment must be managed by conda (rather than pip) so that it can be packe using conda-pack …