ggrimes/intro_conda

Introduction to Conda

What you will learn

• What conda is.
• Setting up conda variables on eddie,
  • conda config --add
  • envs_dirs
  • pkgs_dirs
• Creating, updating and removing a conda environment
  • conda create
  • conda remove
  • conda update
• Adding packages to a conda environment,
  • conda install
• Searching for packages,
  • conda search
  • Search Anaconda cloud
• conda channels

Anaconda on Eddie

Anaconda on Eddie

Log into Eddie

module load igmm/apps/anaconda/2020.02


##log into worker node
qlogin -l h_vmem=8G

#move to your scratch directory
cd /exports/eddie/scratch/${USER}

# load anaconda
module load anaconda/5.3.1

#If this is the first time using conda run
conda init
# source your .bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# set envs_dirs & pkgs_dirs
conda config --add envs_dirs /exports/eddie/scratch/${USER}/envs_dirs
conda config --add pkgs_dirs /exports/igmm/eddie/carpentries/conda/pkgs_dirs

#check installtion worked
conda config

Useful Links

• conda website
• conda cheatsheet
• https://www.wiki.ed.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?spaceKey=ResearchServices&title=Anaconda
• carpentry course
• youtube video