Anaconda

Anaconda comes pre-installed on SPICE and is the recommended way to manage your python environments and packages. By default, enviroments you create with Anaconda are stored in your home directory under ~/.conda/envs/ with packages in ~/.conda/pkgs/.

Simply run conda in your terminal to see the available commands. You'll find some useful commands to get you started below.

Consult the Anaconda documentation for more detailed information.

# Create a new conda environment "myenv" with a specific Python version
conda create --name myenv python=3.9

# Activate the environment
conda activate myenv

# List installed packages in the active environment
conda list

# Install packages in the active environment
conda install pandas numpy matplotlib

# List all conda environments
conda env list

# Deactivate the current environment
conda deactivate

Global environments

If you want to create an environment that is available to all users on SPICE, you can create a global environment by running:

conda-create-global <environment_name> <conda create options>

To activate on of the global environments, use its full path, for example:

conda activate /opt/anaconda3/envs/<environment_name>

Global environments and their path are visible to all users when running conda env list so only create global environments as neccessary for collaborative projects and clean up after use.