Just adding more data to this old thread. Miniconda worked very well I only recently discovered miniconda and used it for a workshop here at MSU. We had XP,7,8, mac, and linux users, and except for a couple weird cases everyone followed written instructions on their own and it went very well. Definitely the best I've seen in person.
It's small The download size is much smaller than anaconda meaning even if half the class didn't install beforehand, then they weren't congesting the network. Same install command Each person uses the same install command to get all the packages: conda install ipython-notebook numpy matplotlib pandas etc. done. - Jory On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Matt Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > I use miniconda (http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html) for managing > Python installs on my Mac and use pip all the time. conda's main > installation repo contains only a small subset Python packages (more or > less only the ones included with Anaconda) so I use pip for everything > else. No problems at all. My one complaint is that conda environments don't > automatically include pip. > > - Matt > > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Tom Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Tom Roche Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:21:45 -0400 >> >> What tool(s) is SC recommending for installing python packages? >> >> Matt Davis Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:37:32 -0700 >> > We typically suggest starting with something like the Anaconda >> >> That does seem reasonable for a scientific space, esp given Continuum's >> declared respect for multi-platform dependencies (notably, beyond python). >> More on that separately. >> >> > I have heard that venv and Anaconda do not work well together, >> >> Right, because with conda "everything's an environment," so >> virtualenv/venv and conda are trying to do similar things different ways. >> But my impression is that pip and conda *do* play well together--no? Have >> folks encountered problems using pip on "conda-based installs"? >> >> TIA, Tom Roche <[email protected]> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > >
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