Anaconda installation

All Platforms System Requirements

• Anaconda

• Make sure anaconda is in your PATH (assuming ananconda is installed in ${HOME}/anaconda)

  export PATH=${HOME}/anaconda/bin:${PATH} # for [ba]sh
  setenv PATH ${HOME}/anaconda/bin:${PATH} # for [t]csh
  

Bypassing firewalls

• If your institution has a firewall

  conda config --set ssl_verify False
  

Installing

• Run the following command

  # install cmor, it will also install cdms2.
  # ------------------------------------------------
  conda create -n CMOR -c conda-forge cmor
  source activate CMOR
  
  # Clone the CMIP6 table to your working directory.
  # ------------------------------------------------
  mkdir CMIP6_work
  cd  CMIP6_work
  
  # Disable SSL verification (firewall only).
  # -----------------------------------------
  export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true
  git clone https://github.com/PCMDI/cmip6-cmor-tables.git
  
  # Note:
  # -----------------------------------------------------------
  # UDUNITS2_XML_PATH is set automatically by activating CMOR. 
  # export UDUNITS2_XML_PATH=${CONDA_PREFIX}/share/udunits/udunits2.xml
  #
  

Conda environment

• Create your different CMOR environment with anaconda.

  conda create -n [YOUR_ENV_NAME_HERE] -c conda-forge cmor
  source activate [YOUR_ENV_NAME_HERE]
  

• To learn more about conda environments

Obtaining Nighlty builds

• Create a dedicated environment for nightly (in between releases code):

  conda create -n [YOUR_ENV_NAME_HERE] -c pcmdi/label/nightly -c conda-forge cmor
  source activate [YOUR_ENV_NAME_HERE]