Conda packages for IsaacSim

[wolfv]

We have been working on distributing Robotics software as Conda packages for some time and I think it could be a great fit for IsaacSim as well.

For example, the RoboStack project makes it very easy to install many ROS1 and ROS2 packages on Windows, macOS and Linux using conda/mamba or Pixi.

The Gazebo project also has great Conda packages https://prefix.dev/channels/conda-forge/packages/gazebo

It would be cool if we could make IsaacSim available on conda-forge (the community distribution) or another channel.

FYI NVidia also maintains many Conda packages, most importantly the cudatoolkit and friends.

I'd be happy to help, too!

[traversaro]

I work in robotics integration at the Italian Institute of Technology, and I can confirm that having conda packages for IsaacSim (and eventually IsaacLab) would be great.

[vick-yu]

Thanks for the feedback and for sharing your experience. We will be sure to pass this along to our internal team for their consideration.

[gftabor]

This would be really great for reproducible environments.

[Toni-SM]

Hi @wolfv, @traversaro and @gftabor

Unlike pip, conda can also install and manage non-Python packages, such as libraries written in C or Fortran.

However, we distribute Isaac Sim - Python packages as Python wheel (pre-built binary package that can include compiled code).
Such wheels, hosted on the official Python index, can be discovered and installed by pip, conda, uv or any other Python package manager. Therefore, there are no reasons to support/have conda-specific packages... we already provide steps on how to install in conda environments for both, Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab.