NERSC setup explained

Since the QuickView applications are just Python packages, we install them inside conda environment related to their funding project (/global/common/software/m4359/).

Custom conda environments

Create a directory for all the conda environments we aim to enable for our users.

mkdir -p /global/common/software/m4359/conda-envs

Then for each project we will create an environment inside that directory.

module load conda
conda create --prefix /global/common/software/m4359/conda-envs/e3sm-quickview python=3.13

After that you can activate such environment and install the application like QuickView

conda activate /global/common/software/m4359/conda-envs/e3sm-quickview
conda install e3sm-quickview

Executable Shortcut

Inside /global/common/software/m4359/ you can create shell script that will provide a shortcut for starting each application.

For example, we've created /global/common/software/m4359/quickview with the following content

#!/usr/bin/env bash

module load conda
conda activate /global/common/software/m4359/conda-envs/e3sm-quickview
quickview -p 0

And to make that file executable, you can run chmod +x /global/common/software/m4359/quickview to streamline its usage.

Updating an application

In order to update a given application you will need to find the version you want to install and then run something like:

module load conda
conda activate /global/common/software/m4359/conda-envs/e3sm-quickview

conda install "e3sm-quickview>=1.3.3" # <== fix version