ENVIRONMENT.md

Using Virtual Environment for Python:

An environment can be created using conda (recommended for better management and ease of use) or venv (comes with Python).

Option 1: Using conda:

Create Environment: conda create --name myenv python=3.10

To run pip and python commands, the environment needs to be activated using the following command:

Activate: conda activate myenv

To exit an environment using the following command:

Deactivate: conda deactivate

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Option 2: Using venv:

Create Environment: python -m venv myenv

To run pip and python commands, the environment needs to be activated:

• Activate in MAC/Linux: source myenv/bin/activate
  
• Activate in Windows: myenv\Scripts\activate

Deactivate: deactivate

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Using Virtual Environment with Notebook:

The environment can be used with notebook using the following steps:

• activate the environment in terminal
• do pip install ipykernel
• do python -m ipykernel install --user --name=kernel_name
• In the top menu bar, go to Kernel and choose Change Kernel. Select the newly created kernel_name.