Installing a custom package on astro data lab

Question

For an ANTARES filter, we're interested in using a microlensing fitting code, BAGLE. It looks like as a user I may not be able to install packages. The version we'd like to install should be pip and conda installable in the next few days. How would I go about getting this package installed?

Answer 1

Hi, thanks for reaching out. You can pip install packages locally, but opening a new NB, and executing this in a cell:

!pip install yourpackagename

Comments

Woops I wasn't notified that you responded. I've tried that and it theoretically installs, but then the package isn't available when I try to import it. I'm doing it in the ANTARES python environment. I'm first trying to install pymultinest, a preq for BAGLE. Any advice?