Using mamba to create the Geo-Python environment

Starting steps

This briefly describes how to install a Python virtual environment for the Geo-Python course.

1. Install micromamba from https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/micromamba-installation.html.
2. Clone the course Python environments from GitHub

   git clone https://github.com/geo-python/python-environments.git

3. Change into the working directory with the cloned environment files

   cd python-environments

Creating the environment

1. Create the python environment using mamba

   micromamba env create -f geo-python.yml

2. Activate the new environment and update JupyterLab

   micromamba activate geo-python