From a77e4c57a0090c69a73c9795c3d301f68eda6d50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elias Werner <eliwerner3@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 17:13:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add hints for EB modules in conda envs
---
.../docs/software/python_virtual_environments.md | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/python_virtual_environments.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/python_virtual_environments.md
index a713f9857..07f38ccf1 100644
--- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/python_virtual_environments.md
+++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/software/python_virtual_environments.md
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ can deactivate the conda environment as follows:
(conda-env) marie@compute$ conda deactivate #Leave the virtual environment
```
+!!! warning
+ When installing conda packages via `conda install`, ensure to have enough main memory requested
+ in your job allocation.
+
+!!! hint
+ We do not recommend to use conda environments together with easybuild modules due to
+ dependency conflicts. Nevertheless, if you need easybuild modules, consider installing conda
+ packages via `conda install --no-deps [...]` to prevent conda from installing dependencies.
+
??? example
This is an example on partition Alpha. The example creates a conda virtual environment, and
@@ -187,9 +196,10 @@ can deactivate the conda environment as follows:
[...]
Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: done
+ (my-torch-env) marie@alpha$ which python # ensure to use the correct Python
(my-torch-env) marie@alpha$ python -c "import torchvision; print(torchvision.__version__)"
- 0.10.0+cu102
- (my-torch-env) marie@alpha$ deactivate
+ 0.12.0
+ (my-torch-env) marie@alpha$ conda deactivate
```
### Persistence of Conda Virtual Environment
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