conda is an open source package management system and environment management system that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. mamba is a drop-in replacement for conda with a much faster dependency solver and cache manager. Conda/mamba quickly installs, runs and updates packages and their dependencies. Conda easily creates, saves, loads and switches between environments on your local computer. It was created for Python programs, but it can package and distribute software for any language.
On ZMT's DataLab versioned and curated conda environments are available called zmt-20XXa/b, e.g. zmt-2022a. These include commonly-used software listed in the YML files in the envs folder. On DataLab servers, the environments are located at /opt/mambaforge/envs and can be activated e.g. using
conda activate zmt-2022a
To recreate such an environment you can use the following command:
mamba env create --file zmt-conda/envs/zmt-20XXb
If you're using Linux you can use the .lock.yml files to recreate the environment with all package versions explicitly.