Conda

Introduction

Conda is a powerful command line tool for package and environment management that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

This page is for general info, how to install and use it.

Installation

Linux

Prerequisites

• Internet
• Rocky Linux 9
  • Packages: git pip libXi libXtst libXrandr libXcursor alsa-lib mesa-libEGL libXcomposite libXScrnSaver libXdamage mesa-libGL

Methods / Possibilities

It is possible to install Conda directly with a script (recommended) or manually.

Installation witch script (12/2024)

Remember to check for the newest script for the installation!

# How to install and use booknlp on Rocky Linux 9

## Resolve dependencies
dnf install git pip libXi libXtst libXrandr libXcursor alsa-lib mesa-libEGL libXcomposite libXScrnSaver libXdamage mesa-libGL -y

## Get script and check checksum
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh
sha256sum Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh
* 3ba0a298155c32fbfd80cbc238298560bf69a2df511783054adfc151b76d80d8  Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh

## Install Conda
bash Anaconda3-2024.10-1-Linux-x86_64.sh
ENTER
q
yes
ENTER
yes

source .bashrc

## Show conda install environment
conda info

## List all installed conda packages
conda list

## Update conda
conda update conda
y

Usage

How to use Conda.

# Create virtual environment with fixed interpreter version
conda create -n <NAME_OF_ENV> python=3.9
y

# Activate environment
conda activate <NAME_OF_ENV>

# Deactivate environment
conda deactivate

Example of a project (booknlp)

# Install booknlp
## Still need to debug but works for now

conda create -n booknlp_test python=3.9
y
conda activate booknlp_test

cd /root/anaconda3/envs/booknlp_test

pip install --no-cache-dir "numpy<2"

pip install --no-cache-dir torch==1.7.1 transformers==4.11.3 spacy==3.0.5

python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

pip install booknlp

git clone https://github.com/booknlp/booknlp.git

cd booknlp/
python setup.py install

cd examples/
python run_booknlp.py