Setup

Within this page you will find all the requisite software you will need to follow along with the whole practical.

Participation is encouraged but not expected.

Software¶

Requisite¶

To follow along with the whole practical you will need to have a working installation of:

• bash

• git

• Git Kraken

• (We won’t have time for this) Docker (Linux) or Docker Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Optional¶

An instance of JupyterLab containing resources for the afternoon session on data cleaning with Python can be found here - https://stavrina.github.io/2026-02-19_winter_school/. This will work on your browser and is fully local, i.e. your .ipynb notebooks are not shared with anyone beyond your device.

If you prefer to work locally, you can download the requirements.txt file describing the Python environment here.

GitHub¶

Part of the practical requires that you have a GitHub account.

If you already have an account, you do not need to do anything further.

If you want to follow along, please create a GitHub account by following this link.

Setup instructions¶

Setup instructions for all major operating systems (OS) are provided in the setup sections for Windows, macOS, and Linux