After downloading and installing Miniconda, you can install all required Python packages into a new Python environment with either

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda create --name pytools python=3.13.3
conda install conda-forge::numpy
conda install conda-forge::scipy
conda install conda-forge::matplotlib
conda install conda-forge::netcdf4
conda install conda-forge::colorcet

or

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda create --name pytools python=3.13.3 --file requirements.txt

where pytools will be the name of the environment. It is recommended to use the latest Python version. You may therefore need to change python=3.13.3. The Python environment is activated with

conda activate pytools

and deactivated with

conda deactivate

• loading datasets
• plotting
• writing EPIC input files