[AstroPy] conda channels for astronomy software

[Syphers, David]

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). 
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>> 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!
>>> 
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