Conda

During this workshop, you will use conda environments to run the exercises. This is because conda environments allow all users to have the same computing environment, i.e. package versions. This enforces reproducibility for you to run this material without the need to re-install or change your local versions. See and graphical example below:

Conda environments Links to an external site. are a self-contained directory that you can use in order to reproduce all your results.

Briefly, you need to:

Install Conda
Download the .yml environment file
Create and activate the environment
Deactivate the environment after running your analyses

You can read more Links to an external site. about Conda environments and other important concepts to help you make your research reproducible.