What is the difference between installing a package using pip vs. apt-get?

Question

I\'m trying to deploy a Django site on an Ubuntu machine. I need to install Psycopg2 and PIL but it seems that I\'m able to install them using either apt-get or using pip. Is th

Answer 1

You should be aware that what makes it in the package manager undergoes some integration testing, while what is in Pypi is untested.

Pypi is OK for development.

In production, you may go with Pypi, but you will soon learn that you can always rely on what is in the package manager...