This page relates to if users wish to install Miniconda3 locally, instead of using the provide module on our clusters.

1 Can I Install Miniconda3 Locally?
2 Should I Install Miniconda3 Locally?
3 Why Did You Install Miniconda3?
4 How Do I Know if Miniconda3 Has Been Installed Locally?
5 I Didn’t Install This?
6 How Do I Remove My Local Installation?
7 Job Submission Error
8 ARCC Recommendation
9 ARCC Related Conda Workshops

Can I Install Miniconda3 Locally?

Yes. You can install miniconda3 (and other applications) yourself. There is nothing wrong or against policy with this.

If you do install it, please make sure you:

understand what you are doing.
how it affects your environment.
and track/record what you’ve done and why.

[<username>@mblog2 ~]$ wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
[<username>@mblog2 ~]$ bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
Welcome to Miniconda3 py312_24.7.1-0
In order to continue the installation process, please review the license
agreement.
Please, press ENTER to continue
>>>
...
Do you accept the license terms? [yes|no]
>>> yes

Miniconda3 will now be installed into this location:
/home/<username>/miniconda3

  - Press ENTER to confirm the location
  - Press CTRL-C to abort the installation
  - Or specify a different location below

[/home/<username>/miniconda3] >>>
PREFIX=/home/<username>/miniconda3
Unpacking payload ...
Installing base environment...
Downloading and Extracting Packages:
## Package Plan ##
  environment location: /home/<username>/miniconda3
...
installation finished.

Do you wish to update your shell profile to automatically initialize conda?
This will activate conda on startup and change the command prompt when activated.
If you'd prefer that conda's base environment not be activated on startup,
   run the following command when conda is activated:

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

You can undo this by running `conda init --reverse $SHELL`? [yes|no]
[no] >>> yes
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/condabin/conda
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/bin/conda
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/bin/conda-env
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/bin/activate
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/bin/deactivate
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/etc/fish/conf.d/conda.fish
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/shell/condabin/Conda.psm1
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/shell/condabin/conda-hook.ps1
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/xontrib/conda.xsh
no change     /home/<username>/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.csh
modified      /home/<username>/.bashrc

==> For changes to take effect, close and re-open your current shell. <==

Thank you for installing Miniconda3!
[<username>@mblog2 ~]$

ARCC Wiki

Local Miniconda3 Installation

Can I Install Miniconda3 Locally?

Should I Install Miniconda3 Locally?

Why Did You Install Miniconda3?

How Do I Know if Miniconda3 Has Been Installed Locally?

I Didn’t Install This?

How Do I Remove My Local Installation?

Job Submission Error

ARCC Recommendation

ARCC Related Conda Workshops