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We expect you to have a working Python installation with some common
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libraries. The `Anaconda Python distribution
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<https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/>`__ conveniently packages
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everything, but its license does not allow large organizations to use
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it for research. **Thus, we currently recommend Miniforge, which
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includes the base and packages through a different, freely usable
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channel.**
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everything, but its license has does not allow large organizations to
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use it for free (and has actually been enforced against universities).
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**Thus, we currently recommend Miniforge, which includes the base and
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packages through a different, freely usable channel.**
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.. admonition:: Python, conda, anaconda, miniforge, etc?
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<https://docs.anaconda.com/navigator/>`__ provides a convenient
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way to access the software. It can be installed from that page.
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Note the license of Anaconda - for organizations of more than 50
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people, it can't be used for research purposes without a license.
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Note the license of Anaconda - there were recently issues with
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it being used by large universities for free, and this is not
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yet fully resolved.
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.. group-tab:: Other options
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