Installing with conda

Platforms: MacOS X, Linux, and Windows

Because glue is a reasonably big package with a number of dependencies, we have found that the default conda command included in Anaconda/Miniconda can run into issues when trying to solve the dependencies, so we highly recommend making use of the mamba tool to install glue. We have provided separate instructions below for new and existing conda users.

New conda user

If you have never used conda before, we recommend downloading the Mambaforge distribution from https://conda-forge.org/miniforge/. For Windows users, you can download and install using an .exe installer. For Linux and MacOS X you should download the appropriate .sh file and install it using:

bash MambaForge-*.sh

Once installed, we recommend you create a new environment to install glue in using:

mamba create -n glue-env

You can then switch to this environment using:

mamba activate glue-env

and install glue with:

mamba install glueviz

Existing conda user

If you already use the Anaconda Python distribution from Continuum Analytics or the related Miniconda distribution, we recommend first installing mamba using:

conda install -c conda-forge mamba

Once installed, we recommend you create a new environment to install glue in using:

mamba create -n glue-env

You can then switch to this environment using:

mamba activate glue-env

and install glue with:

mamba install -c conda-forge glueviz

Updating glue

To update the packages in your glue-env environment to the latest available versions, you can do:

mamba update -c conda-forge --all