[dfsegoat]

> Is this a Conda?/ or can I use my Python environment?

Can you elaborate a bit there? I use conda because I like some of their features over standard virtualenv (being able to specify a python version when i create my venv) - but I've never had a problem running code in env's created by one vs. the other.

[acomjean]

Sometimes developers distribute their software via Conda installs, in those cases they sometimes don't provide instructions on running other ways (eg using the pyenv environment which is my default. ). I'm ok with this, but when conda fails as sometimes happens, it can mean some digging to get the install to work.

I was thinking of my latest install, which was CRISPRESSO2, which installs via docker or bioconda... I was able to get it going, but it took a bit on some systems.. (Python 2.7 old libraries.. etc..) Docker didn't seem to work.

I like virtual env, but sometimes I feel I have to have a new environment for each piece of software I'm running, which feels weird.

https://github.com/pinellolab/CRISPResso2