====== Miniconda on DARWIN ======
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Miniconda is available through the VALET packages on Caviness clusters. To check the versions, 
<code>
$ vpkg_versions miniconda

Available versions in package (* = default version):

[/opt/shared/valet/2.1/etc/miniconda.vpkg_yaml]
miniconda  A free, miniature installation of Anaconda Distribution
* 25.1.1.2 Miniconda py39 25.1.1-2 for Linux (x86_64)
</code>
To load it, use
<code>
$ vpkg_require miniconda/25.1.1.2
Adding package `miniconda/25.1.1.2` to your environment
</code>

===== Installing Applications with Conda =====
You can create a new Conda environment either by name or by path.
<code>
conda create --name myenv python=3.13
</code>
By default, Conda environments are created in your home directory. However, the limited home directory quotas (20 GB) can be filled up quickly. You can create an environment in a specific path, such as your /work/workgroup directory,
<code>
conda create -p $WORKDIR/$USER/myenv python=3.13
</code>
After creating the Conda environments, you can activate the local conda environment using,
<code>
conda activate myenv
</code>
Then you can install the desired packages, for example,
<code>
conda install <package_name>
</code>