Python environment preparation

Shared python installation on lxplus

If you do not need a special configuration you can just use the standard lxplus configuration.

Open your lxplus terminal and type

source /afs/cern.ch/eng/tracking-tools/python_installations/activate_default_python

and that's it.

If you need to be more aware of the configuration and customize it, you can use the following instructions to setup your own environment.

Install a miniconda distribution. E.g. by

wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
sh Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh

and follow the instructions.

After having activated it, install the needed packages by

pip install ipython numpy pandas scipy pyarrow matplotlib cpymad

Then install

git clone https://github.com/PyCOMPLETE/NAFFlib.git
cd  NAFFlib
pip install -e .
cd NAFFlib
make py3
cd ../../

In addition you need to install xsuite :

pip install xsuite

git clone https://github.com/SixTrack/sixtracktools.git
cd sixtracktools
pip install -e .
cd ..

At this point the installation is complete and can be tested by running one of the pymask examples, following the instructions available here.