Why can't Alteryx update like a normal program?

As in the title. Why on earth am I always going to the horribly designed download page, downloading the whole thing all over again, and reinstalling all the Python dependencies for fifteen minutes, and then uninstalling the previous version like a chump?

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atcodedog05

Hi @iurc_3

This is definitely an interesting topic. Just curious, what other softwares updates themselves?🤔

iurc_3

I wouldn't know. But most software gives you an update toast, you click it, it downloads an update package, runs the update, restarts. Not sure why I'm explaining this since surely you have used other software at one time or another.

apathetichell

Here's one reason why - Alteryx requires python and r environments. Those environments cannot be as readily repurposed from one version to another. What would be a comparable software program which you use which uses those? I think you have to kind of think of it like a kernel upgrade which can be extensive...

iurc_3

Right, it's not unlike updating a Linux distro except those tend to be predictably rolling. These aren't, and the process seems to be the same for major and minor updates alike.

I dunno. I guess I'm asking because Alteryx in general seems to make basic things weirdly cumbersome for its users.

apathetichell

That's my take - there are a ton of different components which all have to work together... I'd posit that the installation pains are what makes the operation work so well (at least for my usage)... It's a trade off..

iurc_3

Makes sense to a degree. But none of it explains why the update process includes going to a (let's be real, ugly as all hell) web page to download the package.

apathetichell

I have no answers for that one...

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