[AstroPy] conda channels for astronomy software

[Kathleen Labrie]

FYI, Gemini is working with STScI to get IRAF/PyRAF packaged into anaconda
as well.  I do not know which channel will be used, but this effort is part
of the Ureka replacement.    Contact James Turner at Gemini for details.

Kathleen


On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Syphers, David <dsyphers at ewu.edu> wrote:

> There is also STScI's AstroConda,
> http://astroconda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ , which replaces their Ureka
> distribution. But since they are going to drop IRAF/PyRAF support, it's
> nice to know those are available on other channels.
>
> -David
>
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:01 PM, Matthew Craig <mcraig at mnstate.edu> wrote:
>
> > Excellent!
> >
> > I’ll be in touch next work to see if we can consolidate some things. I
> think even once conda-forge is running flawlessly there will still be some
> value in having channels that provide related packages (though I’d love the
> building to happen on conda-forge when possible, eventually).
> >
> > Matt Craig
> >
> > schedule:  http://physics.mnstate.edu/craig
> > ——
> > Professor
> > Department of Physics and Astronomy
> > Minnesota State University Moorhead
> > 1104 7th Ave S, Moorhead MN 56563
> >
> > office: Hagen 307F
> > phone: (218) 477-2439
> > fax: (218) 477-2290
> >
> >> On Jul 7, 2016, at 8:15 PM, Peter Williams <peter at newton.cx> wrote:
> >>
> >> For what it's worth, I'll mention that I've put up a number of
> astro-related Conda packages in my personal Anaconda channel, including
> DS9, IRAF, PyRAF, and CASA:
> >>
> >> https://anaconda.org/pkgw
> >> https://github.com/pkgw/conda-recipes/
> >>
> >> Folks are certainly invited to use these packages as well. However,
> while I've been too stubborn to go to the work of integrating these into
> something like conda-forge yet, I really should. If anyone wants to build
> on the work I've done, or even just get on my case about integrating with
> conda-forge, they are most welcome.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dr. Peter K. G. Williams — http://newton.cx/~peter/
> >> Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2016-07-08 at 01:43 +0000, Matthew Craig wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> There are a couple of conda channels providing astronomy-related
> python packages, including one that is relatively new:
> >>>
> >>> astropy: This conda channel contains all of the astropy affiliated
> packages and their dependencies. This includes Windows versions for almost
> all of the packages. Astropy itself is provide by Continuum, the company
> that distributes conda. List of available packages:
> https://anaconda.org/astropy/packages
> >>>
> >>> OpenAstronomy: This includes all of the packages in the astropy
> channel and some packages that are not affiliated packages (e.g. healpy).
> List of available packages: https://anaconda.org/openastronomy/packages
> >>>
> >>> If you use anaconda you can add one or the other of these on a
> one-time basis with: conda install -c astropy some_package
> >>>
> >>> You can add them permanently with: conda config --add channels
> openastronomy
> >>>
> >>> If you develop an astronomy-related package and what it built, feel
> free to open a pull request at either:
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/astropy/conda-channel-astropy  (for astropy
> affiliated packages)
> >>>
> >>> or
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/openastronomy/conda-channel (for any astro-related
> package).
> >>>
> >>> Adding a package already on PyPI typically entails very little
> work…just a few lines need to be added to a configuration file in the
> repository!
> >>>
> >>> Matt Craig
> >>>
> >>> schedule:  http://physics.mnstate.edu/craig
> >>> ——
> >>> Professor
> >>> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> >>> Minnesota State University Moorhead
> >>> 1104 7th Ave S, Moorhead MN 56563
> >>>
> >>> office: Hagen 307F
> >>> phone: (218) 477-2439
> >>> fax: (218) 477-2290
> >>>
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