Some languages such as python require modules or packages. Usually these are managed by specialized software environments such as conda. The benefit of these is that a user can install packages and they are only available for a single user.

• USE1.5.1 Environment Modules

• Understand what conda environments are for
• Understand the difference between a module system and conda environment
• Discuss how such an environment can be constructed and what dependencies it has
• Prepare a conda enironment for basic python packages
• Analyse the loading time for a conda environment for different file storage location