dependency hell

noun

A situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

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Meanings

noundependency hell (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountablecomputingA situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.
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