Download the conda-forge Installer
There are several conda-forge installers.
Miniforge
Miniforge is the preferred conda-forge installer. Miniforge includes python, conda, mamba, micromamba, pip, and their dependencies. It also configures the primary shell to be conda aware. At present miniforge does not include pixi.
If more packages are needed, use the conda install or mamba install command to install from the thousands of packages available in the conda-forge distribution. Isolated environments can be created with conda create or mamba create.
Miniforge Latest Release (Version )
Installation
Basic installation instructions are available below. More detailed instructions are available atconda-forge/miniforge.
Unix-like platforms (Mac OS & Linux)
Download the installer and run bash Miniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh
Windows
Download and execute the Windows installer.
Pixi
Pixi is also a conda-forge installer. Pixi replaces conda, mamba, micromamba, pip, and their dependencies, and does not require python. It also configures the primary shell to be conda aware. At present miniforge does not include pixi.
Pixi remains under active development. As a conda-forge installer pixi is feature complete. Thousands of packages available in the conda-forge distribution and thousands more from pypi.
A pixi project has a pixi.toml file in which its package dependencies are specified. These packages are available from repositories of which conda-forge is one. An isolated managed project environment is created with pixi init. The pixi.toml file may be updated manually. It may also be upded via pixi commands, using commands like pixi add.
Miniforge Latest Release (Version )
Installation
Basic installation instructions are available below. More detailed instructions are available atpixi.sh.
Unix-like platforms (Mac OS & Linux)
Download the installer and run curl -fsSL https://pixi.sh/install.sh | bash
Windows
Download the Windows installer and run powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm -useb https://pixi.sh/install.ps1 | iex".
Publishing (under development)
When developing a conda derived project it is likely that it will need to be published. The pixi.toml can define targets for publication, conda-forge is one such target. When properly configured the package can be published with pixi build.