@dkeeney I've recently been toying with our conda python install. Turns out I could be able to get most of the deps through conda (eigen, cereal, pybind11,..)

But our CMake would still try to install them from source. Would it be difficult to add a check "if exists, don't install from source"?

• I don't want to replace our cmake self-contained build. As it's really convenient and tested. Works for porting to any new env.
• The Conda alternative would be useful for cloud/server envs where one does not have priviledges to install any new SW, but conda is typically available (conda is also a sw manager/installer)