#Conda install package and dependencies software

Anaconda uses Python but prefers its own installation consequently, if your user environment already has Python added, you first must unload that Python module and then load an Anaconda module:.

This displays the modules that are already loaded to your environment for ~]$ module listġ) gcc/6.3.0 3) quota/1.6 5) xalt/2.10.30 7) python/3.8.2

Check whether your user environment has a version of Python loaded already on the command line, enter:.

For this reason, conda environments can be large.

#Conda install package and dependencies software

Within this environment, you can install and delete as many conda packages as you like without making any changes to the system-wide Anaconda module.Ĭonda will attempt to resolve any conflicting dependencies between software packages and install all dependencies in the environment. Create a conda environment and install packagesįollow the steps below to create a conda environment.

Package managers are especially helpful in high-performance computer settings, because they allow users to install packages and their dependencies locally with just one command.įollowing are instructions for creating and activating a conda environment, and installing packages in your home directory space on any of the research supercomputers at Indiana University. Unlike pip, conda is also an environment manager similar to virtualenv.

Activate a previously created conda environmentĬonda is an open source package manager similar to pip that makes installing packages and their dependencies easier.

Create a conda environment and install packages.