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If you're getting gcc errors it sounds like the package you're trying to install contains some c/c++ stuff that needs compiling.
A lot of python packages that rely on things written in c/c++ ship those precompiled, which might account for why it feels easier for you.
I'm surprised to hear you say this because in all honesty, pip really sucks as far as package managers go. uv is a worthy replacement.
I think this is talking about basic functionality, eg. can you do basic stuff with a clean install without everything immediately breaking
There's a lot of programming tools that are primarily developed for and on linux, and "windows support" is an afterthought which will result in linux being a very frictionless experience but windows being a minefield of problems and requiring careful manual setup
Compared to luarocks, pip is amazing.
Maybe so, but pip is years behind package managers like cargo. It really is not particularly good.
I'd love to hear a technical answer, but one thing that's probably part of it is the fact that pip is written in Python and Python runs everywhere without much problem (though uv also seems to work pretty flawlessly too lol)
Lua runs everywhere (almost), but I cannot install a uuid library on windows.
pip cannot install some system dependencies your library might need. Windows is extra difficult sometimes, as the library might require some paths during installation, Linux is way easier for this kind of stuff. Either you use WSL, or you follow these instructions for Windows I found by googling https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/blob/main/docs/installation_instructions_for_windows.md
I use Mint btw
The instructions don't work half the time.
@irelephant do anyone care a thing about windoze? :O
Lack of windows support for most luarocks modules has stopped me from writing a lot of stuff in lua.