Missing mainEnvironment.yml

[cmontalvo-mancheno]

I will be using your optimizer in my postdoctoral research project. To gain a thorough understanding of how the optimizer functions, I intend to download the files provided here and explore them within the Anaconda environment, which is the platform of choice for my project.

However, when attempting to do so using the prescribed command (conda env create -f mainEnvironment.yml), I encountered the following error message: EnvironmentFileNotFound: The file 'My path to the directory/folder containing the repository' was not found.

I employed two different methods to access the repository's contents. First, I used the "Download Zip" option, which resulted in a folder named 'MultiForestDemostration-master' being saved on my PC. Second, I employed the clone option with the command git clone https://github.com/maeehart/MultiForestDemonstration.git, resulting in a folder named 'MultiForestDemonstration'.

After inspecting both the downloaded and cloned folders, I was unable to locate the YAML file. Thus, I am eager to know where I can find this file. Any guidance or suggestions on how to resolve this issue and get it up and running would be greatly appreciated as well.

I am using Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19044.1000.0, with Anaconda 23.7.4, Python 3.11.5, git 2.40.1, pip 23.2.1

[PerryChicken1]

@cmontalvo-mancheno you probably found a solution by now, but just in case it helps you / others in the future. The repo requirements are specified in a Dockerfile rather than a yaml. It is straightforward to create a yaml from the dockerfile (ChatGPT can help). For this repo I already made one:

name: multioptforest
channels:
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - python=3.9
  - jupyter=1.0.0
  - jupyterlab=3.5.0
  - matplotlib=3.6.2
  - matplotlib-base=3.6.2
  - numpy=1.23.5
  - numpy-base=1.23.5
  - pandas=1.5.2
  - plotly=5.13.1
  - pip
  - pip:
      - geopandas==0.14.4 # modified version from 0.12.2 to ensure compatibility with fiona: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78949093/how-to-resolve-attributeerror-module-fiona-has-no-attribute-path
      - tables==3.8.0
      - ortools==9.5.2237
      - requests==2.32.3 # added this. Note that pip installation list is still incomplete.

# !pip install --upgrade geopandas==0.14.4
# !pip install tqdm

Just copy & paste the above into a .yml file and direct anaconda towards it. Then you will have most of the dependencies. A few packages are missing, but I just installed those on the fly with pip and it worked out.