[bzxcvbn]

The existence of nix, nvm, conda, venv... or even docker suggests otherwise.

[oneplane]

Out of that list, only nix is a system package manager. The rest are developer tools and runtime configurations.

[bscphil]

> The rest are developer tools and runtime configurations.

I wish people understood this, but sadly they seem to be more and more common as primary modes for software distribution.

[aprdm]

How is conda different than nix in this regard?

[oneplane]

Conda is a subset of Nix in this regard.