Mamba
Description
The Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager Based on Conda. In a nutshell, mamba is a really, really fast conda - both during package resolution and for package installations as described by the upstream project
Mamba is a reimplementation of the conda package manager in C++.
* parallel downloading of repository data and package files using multi-threading * libsolv for much faster dependency solving, a state of the art library used in the RPM package manager of Red Hat, Fedora and OpenSUSE core parts of mamba are implemented in C++ for maximum efficiency
At the same time, mamba utilize the same command line parser, package installation and deinstallation code and transaction verification routines as conda to stay as compatible as possible.
Environment Modules
Run module spider mamba to find out what environment modules are available for this application.
System Variables
- HPC_MAMBA_DIR - installation directory
- HPC_MAMBA_BIN - executable directory
Additional Information
Loading a mamba module will automatically set up a tuned ~/.condarc if you don't have one. See Conda Documentation for more information. Most commands are the same except you have to use 'conda activate' as there is no 'mamba activate'.
Here's an example conda/mamba configuration:
channels:
- conda-forge
- bioconda
- defaults
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free
pkgs_dirs:
- ${HOME}/.conda/pkgs
auto_activate_base: false
anaconda_upload: false
Change the pkgs_dirs value to set a different location for the conda/mamba package cache and avoid filling up your home directory.