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Persistent Conda Environments on CIROH 2i2c Server

To ensure your Conda environments persist across server restarts on the CIROH 2i2c server, create them in your home directory. Follow these steps:

1. Create a directory for Conda environments:​

You can set up a directory within your home folder to store all your Conda environments. This prevents them from being removed when the server is restarted. For example:

mkdir -p ~/conda_envs

2. Create a new environment in that directory:​

Use the --prefix option with conda create to specify the location where you want to create your environment. For example, to create an environment called my_env in ~/conda_envs:

conda create --prefix ~/conda_envs/my_env python=3.9

3. Activate the environment:​

You can activate the environment as usual, using the path to where you created it:

conda activate ~/conda_envs/my_env

4. Automatically activate the environment on restart:​

If you want this environment to be activated every time you log in or the server restarts, you can add the following to your .bashrc or .bash_profile file:

conda activate ~/conda_envs/my_env

By creating your environments in your home folder (e.g., ~/conda_envs/), they will persist across server restarts, ensuring that you don't have to recreate them every time.