Noam, To carry out the Python sessions, everything you need is included in the Anaconda Python distribution. If you have the install packages for all OS saved on a USB stick, your Python, Jupyter, and major packages are all included, https://www.continuum.io/downloads
As has come up in other discussions, I hesitate to use VM images or other fully automated set ups, since to me half the battle is helping people get set up and comfortable using their own hardware--so that when they leave, they can continue learning and using what they learned. best, Evan On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:00 AM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Standard USB install setup/image (Jory Schossau) > 2. Re: Standard USB install setup/image (Ben Marwick) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 13:24:10 -0500 > From: Jory Schossau <[email protected]> > To: Software Carpentry Discussion > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Standard USB install setup/image > Message-ID: > <CALR1XEKGtSzyfwDFKU1R6bObfEeiP6znRjyC6T4GyKYfOcZX6w@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Noam, > > I only have my experience as documentation. My host helper had 2GB sticks > we could load up and I required ipython notebook and sqlite services for > the class. So I grabbed the smallest image of Ubuntu I could get and > installed everything I needed as usual while removing default Ubuntu bloat > I didn't need. Lastly I used Remastersys to make a liveISO image of the > installation. I handed that off to the helper and they replicated the image > to all sticks. It worked quite well for attendees who needed it. > > - Jory > > On Monday, January 9, 2017, Noam Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone had documented or standardized a typical setup > > for creating USB install drives for workshops with poor wifi. > > > > For R workshops, I believe I would use miniCRAN to create a local > > repository for all the packages required, in addition to the > R/RStudio/git > > binary installers. > > > > I'm not sure what the equivalent would be for Python, and I want to make > > sure I don't miss anything required for all operating systems. > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.software-carpentry.org/pipermail/ > discuss/attachments/20170109/8306bb24/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 10:43:10 +1100 > From: Ben Marwick <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Standard USB install setup/image > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Here's some R code I've used with miniCRAN to run workshops in a > low-bandwidth environment in Southeast Asia: > https://gist.github.com/benmarwick/57807d786d5dd666739e9a3c1d3fac6a > > On 10/01/2017 1:53 AM, Noam Ross wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone had documented or standardized a typical setup > > for creating USB install drives for workshops with poor wifi. > > > > For R workshops, I believe I would use miniCRAN to create a local > > repository for all the packages required, in addition to the > > R/RStudio/git binary installers. > > > > I'm not sure what the equivalent would be for Python, and I want to make > > sure I don't miss anything required for all operating systems. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/listinfo/discuss > > ------------------------------ > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 42, Issue 5 > ************************************** >
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