Stuck at Solving the Environment about graph-tool-feedstock

[stuarteberg]

I recommend creating an environment from scratch for graph-tool only, and then installing other packages to it one-by-one, if you need them.

conda create -n gt -c conda-forge graph-tool
conda activate gt

# Additional packages
conda install ipython
conda install jupyterlab

[count0]

@stuarteberg Could you please put this in the README.md as the recommended way of installing? Proceeding in the standard way from a clean anaconda install results in a stuck environment...

[stuarteberg]

Could you please put this in the README.md as the recommended way of installing?

OK, as you saw, I created and merged #17 for this, but I think the feedstock readme is not the ideal location for these instructions:

1. The feedstock README is auto-generated, so I think it will be overwritten the next time this recipe needs to be re-rendered.
2. I suspect most conda users are unaware of the existence of feedstock repos, and are unlikely to inspect the feedstock README for guidance.

I think the ideal place for these instructions is the graph-tool documentation itself. Perhaps you can paste the new text into those docs?

[count0]

Yes, I will do that.

[stuarteberg]

Minor side note: To be technically correct, the docs should say that it's possible to install graph-tool via conda, not "Anaconda".

conda is the package manager, whereas Anaconda and conda-forge are each distributions that both happen to use that package manager. (Somewhat analogous to RedHat and CentOS -- both use RPM, but they are distinct distributions. Anaconda packages and conda-forge packages can sometimes be mixed without trouble but I don't recommend it.)

Our graph-tool package is part of the conda-forge distribution, not the Anaconda distribution.

[count0]

I guess it's obvious at this point that I'm not an avid (ana)conda user. :-)

Thanks for the correction; I've updated the documentation!

[stuarteberg]

@gkrish19 -- Hopefully the instructions above worked for you. If not, reopen this issue and provide the output of conda info and conda list, as well as the exact commands you tried (and their output).

[gkrish19]

Thank you for your help. It works now.