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Sphinx documentation for AstroConda
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Need builds for Windows 64-bit #17

Open pllim opened 8 years ago

pllim commented 8 years ago

@Skyhawk172 reported, "Could not find URL http://ssb.stsci.edu/astroconda/win-64"

He was attempting to install AstroConda distribution (particularly, Ginga and stginga) on a Windows machine. Is it possible to support builds for Windows?

justincely commented 8 years ago

we've gotten this request from a few internal people as well for functional work - so this will need to bump up in priority before too long. Depending on resources, though, it may have to wait until the @jhunkeler clone is hired

pllim commented 8 years ago

Maybe @stsci-hack can comment.

astrofrog commented 7 years ago

Just wanted to +1 this - it was a bit frustrating to not have windows astroconda at the JWST workshop, and would be good to have for future.

nathaniel commented 5 years ago

Another +1 to this. I am trying to introduce undergraduate students to python in general and astronomical data analysis in particular; but many have Windows PC laptops. It's tough to have to tell them that STScI just doesn't support astronomical data analysis on that platform at this time--despite that fact that conda/anaconda support Windows just fine, and python is cross-platform, etc., etc. Seems odd not to support the most common computer OS.

astrofrog commented 5 years ago

Note: conda now supports noarch builds, so in fact it's easy to build conda packages that will work on Windows if they are pure-Python packages. Building Windows conda packages is also not actually too difficult, since there are a number of CI services that support Windows (I build conda packages for all platforms here: https://github.com/glue-viz/conda-dev)

nathaniel commented 5 years ago

That is great to hear. I guess the documentation at https://astroconda.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html that says "It is important to note Microsoft Windows is not supported at this time" should be updated with a caveat, and linked to some guidance about

I for one am comfortable using conda and the astroconda channel on my Mac, but I don't have experience building conda packages. I'll have to learn more before I'll be able to help students get astroconda packages up and running in Windows.

Thanks for pointing this out!

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nathaniel commented 4 years ago

Bumping this again. I am still unable to help students get their Windows PCs set up for analyzing HST data. Any progress on this front: development of astroconda win-64 builds, or guidance for installing with a noarch approach instead?

pllim commented 4 years ago

@nathaniel , please contact help@stsci.edu and ask to be routed to "DATB help desk". We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thanks!