Is there an equivalent of python's virtualenv for C/C++ programs?

Question

I have to develop C++ programs that have to run on Scientific Linux 5 or 6. I would like to develop with QtCreator on Ubuntu which has much more recent libraries than the one fo

Answer 1

Not sure it is lightweight enough for what you need (I'm not very familiar with virtualenv) but you can try the CDE Project which is a very nice way of creating a virtual sandbox with all kinds of dependencies.