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Sometimes it is useful to install python packages that are not part of psana-python or install particular versions of a software package.  These should be done from the "psbuild-rhel7" machines since they have internet access.  In particular "psana" nodes do NOT have internet access.

Anaconda

psana now lives in the anaconda environment.  You If you want to get a conda environment with psana you can clone the psana environment into a local environment that you can control with a command like this (which will take some time because it has to copy several GB to the new environment):

conda create -n my-ana-1.3.10 --clone ana-1.3.10

You can also create new (empty) environments without cloning.  You can see a list of available psana environments (to clone) like this:

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