1.3.4. Installing the CTSM Python environment

Many of our Python-based tools require non-standard Python modules to be installed. To facilitate this, you can install a CTSM-specific Conda environment with the exact version of everything needed. From the top level of your CTSM checkout, simply do

./py_env_create

and that script will install the ctsm_pylib environment for you. If ctsm_pylib already exists, it will give you options on how to handle that.