want to install Miniconda - and afterwards i want to add VSCode

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#1

dear Community,

I want to install Miniconda - and afterwards i want to add VSCode well i guess it is a bit more tricky:

can we do it like so:

we need a snippet that helps to create a directory to install miniconda into it,
After we have set up this - then we can start to download the latest python 3 based install script for Linux 64 bit,

Done so we an go ahead and try to execute or run the install script which helps us :- subsequently we can at the end delete the install script,

Then - at this point we can do the adding and intializing of Conda:

–a conda initialize to our bash or the so called zsh shell.

That said: If we follow ths path then we at the enrestart your shell and conda will be ready to go.

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh

If we are here we can go ahead:

note: we just have done one important thing. We ve fetched Anaconda via wget

that wen very nice.
now we can do even more: the miniconda.sh has got some cool basic options.
Most notably we used -b to be able to run unattended, which means that all of the agreements are automatically accepted without user prompt.
-u updates any existing installation in the directory of install if there is one. -p is the directory to install into.

here i have a litte cheat sheet that helps us with the usage:

see more /root/miniconda3/miniconda.sh [options]

Installs Miniconda - the version - see 3 4.6.14




-b           run install in batch mode (without manual intervention),
             it is expected the license terms are agreed upon
-f           no error if install prefix already exists
-h           print this help message and exit
-p PREFIX    install prefix, defaults to /root/miniconda3, must not contain spaces.
-s           skip running pre/post-link/install scripts
-u           update an existing installation
-t           run package tests after installation (may install conda-build)

at the end oft theday we have even more options

**Silent/Logged **A quick and easy way to silence everything or to log it to a file during an automated install is to wrap the script into a bash function, or save it to its own file, and call the file. I like the function method since I can still copy it right into a terminal, or keep my install script as one single file.

install_miniconda () {
mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh
}

But wait: What do we do now: note: now we need to have packages and all that things.

Question - well i want to give Miniconda a try.
the question is - how to install vscode then!?

#2

Hi
You can install via rpm for vscode? I prefer the tarball and just create a softlink to ~/.vscode to my data directory for config files. The actual application off on another directory, just means manual update.

#3

Didn’t you ask about conda last year in this post? https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/540065-dive-into-Anaconda-amp-Python-with-Jupiter-suggestions-and-best-practice?highlight=conda

Have you looked at the docs? “conda install (some package name)”. That’s it. Vscode or whatever other mods you want to put in. I put “how to install vscode in miniconda” into ddg and the ms site came up, along with a bunch of others
https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/user-guide/tasks/integration/vscode/