Conda ¶

Anaconda provides packages for NEST Desktop. and NEST Simulator. These packages can be installed with Conda (from conda-forge). Since NEST 3, the API server (i.e. NEST Server) is included which is necessary for NEST Desktop.

Prequistion for conda-forge¶

Conda-forge is a collection of packages led by the community (https://conda-forge.org/). By default conda cannot install packages from the conda-forge.

Add channel for conda-forge:

conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority strict

Setup Conda environment¶

1. Create a Conda environment called nest and install NEST Desktop:

   conda create -n nest nest-desktop
   

2. Activate the Conda environment nest:

   conda activate nest
   

3. Install backends in Conda environment. For more infomation, please read the installation guide here.

The installation is now complete!

Start in Conda environment¶

1. Activate the Conda environment nest:

   conda activate nest
   

2. Start backends in Conda environment. For more information, please follow the start instructions here.

3. Start NEST Desktop (in another terminal session):

   nest-desktop start
   

   NEST Desktop is now started and available in the web browser at http://localhost:54286.

Next steps¶

• Now you can start constructing networks for the simulation!