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. Note: In the examples below, please modify paths, usernames, and environment names (e.g., /work/$USER/…, myenv) to match your own account and project setup. For example,

conda create --name myenv python=3.13

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,

conda create -p $WORKDIR/$USER/myenv python=3.13

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>