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--- pythonuser [2022/03/10 16:36] – created astroadmin
+++ pythonuser [2025/06/06 21:14] (current) – astroadmin
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 ====== Python for Users ======
+Jon and Zach maintain a central python environment for all users on astronomy through anaconda. Below is how you activate this environment. If you do not use this environment (and just the default python on the cluster), you will likely run into errors with package dependencies (as they are not installed on the default linux python!).
 While in the tcsh shell environment (astronomy's default shell for all users) you are able to activate python via:
 <code>
-conda activate py3
+conda activate py3.11
 </code>
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 Which will show you the current version of python being used and the location of the conda environment.
-For example:
+For example (using the old Python 3.7 environment):
 <code>
-[zachedwa@astronomy ~]$ conda activate py3
+[user@astronomy ~]$ conda activate py3
-[zachedwa@astronomy ~]$ which python
+[user@astronomy ~]$ which python
 /home/local/Anaconda3-2020.02/envs/py3/bin/python
-[zachedwa@astronomy ~]$ python
+[user@astronomy ~]$ python
 Python 3.7.7 (default, May  7 2020, 21:25:33)
 [GCC 7.3.0] :: Anaconda, Inc. on linux
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 >>>
 </code>
+If you need any packages installed, please send the packages along to Zach.