DISCLAIMER: if some steps are not working, try to close and open the terminal again
- (if necessary) Install Miniconda, this should take care of installing pythin as well
see here Install Miniconda on CentOS 7 / RedHat 7
nb:
# snippet code to de/activate the conda environment
conda activate
conda deactivate- create a virtual environment with
virtualenvto use datalad (highly suggested for each software running under python)
# make sure you have `virtualenv` installed, if not install it via pip
virtualenv --version
# make sure you are in ~ and create the virtual environment folder
cd ~
virtualenv datalad
# and activate it
source datalad/bin/activate
# you should see something like this in your terminal
# (datalad) (base) [marcobar@0013 ~]$- Datalad installation and configuration (from the datalad handbook) + GIN configuration
# install datalad
conda install -c conda-forge datalad
# configure your git account
git config --global --add user.name "your-username"
git config --global --add user.email "[email protected]"
# generate the ssh key to interact with gin
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"
# retrieve the ssh key to be set on the gin website preferences
# copy the output of the next command and add it to the keys in gin (gin.g-node.org>your settings>SSH Keys>add key>etc.)
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
# if the last command does not work, navigate to the folder and look hoe the *.pub file has been called
cd ~/.ssh/
ls
# etc.- You should be ready to clone/get/push data on GIN using dataldad
try to clone any repo on GIN
datalad clone URL
when you are done, type deactivate to close the virtual environment session