Miniconda on Caviness

Miniconda is available through the VALET packages on the Caviness cluster. To check the versions, use

$ 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)

To load it, use

$ vpkg_require miniconda/25.1.1.2
Adding package `miniconda/25.1.1.2` to your environment

You can create a new Conda environment either by name or by path. For example, to create an environment in a specific path, such as your /work/workgroup directory,

conda create -p /work/workgroup/sw/myenv python=3.13

You can also create a new environment by name,

conda create --name myenv python=3.13

<warning important> By default, Conda environments created by '–name' or -n are in your home directory. However, the limited home directory quotas (20 GB) can be filled up quickly. It is recommended to create environments in your work directory instead of $HOME to avoid quota issues. </warning> After creating the Conda environments, you can activate the local conda environment using,

conda activate myenv

Then you can install the desired packages, for example,

conda install <package_name>