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Virtual Environments

Python Virtual Environment

Add new packages

Try to install any new package using conda install -c CHANNEL PACKAGE_NAME (you can use pip if the package is only available there). Make sure your Python virtual environment is active (conda activate YOUR_ENV).

Remove packages

Uninstall packages using the same manager you used to install them conda remove PACKAGE_NAME or pip uninstall PACKAGE_NAME

Updating all packages

Make sure your Python virtual environment is active (conda activate YOUR_ENV), then run 

conda update --all

Update your conda environment.yaml

After installing or removing a package you can use the following command in your terminal to update your environment.yaml before publishing your pipeline. Note that we ignore the package version for libfortran and mkl to keep compatibility with Linux: 

conda env export --no-builds | sed 's/^.*libgfortran.*$/  - libgfortran/' | sed 's/^.*mkl=.*$/  - mkl/' >  environment.yml

R Virtual Environment

Add new packages

  1. Open your terminal and navigate to RAPIDS’ root folder
  2. Run R to open an R interactive session
  3. Run renv::install("PACKAGE_NAME")

Remove packages

  1. Open your terminal and navigate to RAPIDS’ root folder
  2. Run R to open an R interactive session
  3. Run renv::remove("PACKAGE_NAME")

Updating all packages

  1. Open your terminal and navigate to RAPIDS’ root folder
  2. Run R to open an R interactive session
  3. Run renv::update()

Update your R renv.lock

After installing or removing a package you can use the following command in your terminal to update your renv.lock before publishing your pipeline.

  1. Open your terminal and navigate to RAPIDS’ root folder
  2. Run R to open an R interactive session
  3. Run renv::snapshot() (renv will ask you to confirm any updates to this file)