Install Miniconda3
Installing Miniconda3 is straight forward. Download, install, and configure. If you run into issues during these steps, please visit our troubleshooting guide for Conda.
Linux Users:
curl -L -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -b -p ~/miniconda3Macintosh Users:
curl -L -O https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh bash Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh -b -p ~/miniconda3
With Miniconda installed to your home directory, export PATH, so that it may be used:
export PATH=$HOME/miniconda3/bin:$PATH
Configure Conda to work with conda-forge, and our idaholab channel:
conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --add channels idaholab
warningwarning:sudo conda
If you find yourself using sudo conda... something's not right. The most common reason for needing sudo, is due to an improper Conda installation. Conda should be installed to your home directory, without any use of sudo.