User guide instructions don't work properly

[dhruvbalwada]

I am trying to follow the instructions in user guide (https://examples.pyviz.org/user_guide). There are two different suggestions, and both of them don't work.

a) Using anaconda-project. I am not sure if this installation actually worked. Here is what happened:

• When starting out there was an error about frozen solve, but it proceeded anyways.
• When running the step anaconda-project run, it exited with the following error. I am not sure if this means it worked or not, since the user guide doesn't say what I should see after executing this step.
• If this was to work, would it create a new environment? Or has my base environment been overwritten now?

b) The option to create my own environment. This exited with the following error:

[jbednar]

a) When starting out there was an error about frozen solve, but it proceeded anyways.

That's not an error, just a message from conda which lets you know that the quick way didn't work, and that it may take longer than expected. The message is nothing to do with this particular example and will appear for any conda user in some cases.

When running the step anaconda-project run, it exited with the following error. I am not sure if this means it worked or not, since the user guide doesn't say what I should see after executing this step.

Normally "Error" is indeed something that doesn't work. In this case it's hard to see why that would happen, as this message normally would occur with mismatched library versions, while all the relevant ones should be pinned in this example. We'll have to investigate.

If this was to work, would it create a new environment? Or has my base environment been overwritten now?

anaconda-project run creates a new environment in the project's directory (under "envs/"), unrelated to your base or other environments. If that was not clear from the documentation, we'd appreciate a pull request clarifying it at the spot where you would have expected to see that explanation.

b) The option to create my own environment. This exited with the following error:

That's interesting; usually both options a) and b) would have similar errors. Very odd! We'll have to investigate that as well.

For now I'd recommend trying the same instructions on other examples.