Install page discussion

[Zsailer]

For install Python, I'm thinking we actually need three different "Installing Python" pages--one for each OS (windows, mac, and linux).

If this webpage is going to be useful, we need to directly address installing on Windows vs. Linux-core.

What do you think? @lcwheeler @jharman25 @biophyser

[lcwheeler]

I totally agree! Was thinking the same thing after our meeting last night. A lot of users are going to have Windows machines and might run into trouble.

[biophyser]

I agree too.

[Zsailer]

👍 Planning to write these pages this afternoon.

[lcwheeler]

👍 Coolerino!

[jharman25]

Agreed. Sounds good to me!

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[Zsailer]

See PR #12

[lcwheeler]

I noticed that the current iteration focuses on using conda as the primary installer rather than pip. Should I change the installation instructions for all the core libraries to use conda?

[Zsailer]

@lcwheeler Yeah, I think so.

I actually struggled with this for a bit. conda still lags pip in many ways, but I think conda will eventually become the main way to pull packages. The Conda team is currently putting effort towards "merging" the two (not a technical merge). If that happens, when conda can't find a package it will automatically use pip to pull the package, but store all packages in one convenient place.

[lcwheeler]

Yeah, you're probably right. I haven't personally used miniconda/conda at all except on a cluster, so I've been thinking of pip since that's what I use. But, if we're encouraging people to set up their python environment using miniconda, might as well be consistent. I can make all the necessary changes to the pages describing scientific packages.

[Zsailer]

I think the install page is done. Closing this issue for now.