Setting Up Your Env & Installing Simmate¶

To begin, we'll establish a new environment using the conda-forge channel. Anaconda uses channels to download packages, and for simplicity, we'll consistently use conda-forge, which is a standard practice in the Python community.

1. Environment Creation¶

Run the command below to create your environment. You can replace my_env with any name of your choice, but remember to use underscores instead of spaces (my_env is acceptable, my env will cause an error).

conda create -c conda-forge -n my_env python=3.11

Confirm the installation when prompted.

2. Environment Activation¶

Switch to the newly created environment using the following command:

conda activate my_env

If it switched successfully, the start of your command line will change from (base) to (my_env).

3. Simmate Installation¶

Now, let's install Simmate:

conda install -c conda-forge -n my_env simmate

The installation may take a few minutes. Once completed, Simmate is successfully installed!

If you encounter any errors with this command, please inform our team by posting a new issue.

4. Spyder Installation¶

Lastly, let's install Spyder using Anaconda. This is optional, but if you're new to coding, you'll need Spyder for writing some Python code in later tutorials:

conda install -c conda-forge -n my_env spyder