Spyder¶

Spyder is the Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment:https://www.spyder-ide.org/

On triton there are two modules that provide Spyder: - The basic anaconda module: module load anaconda or - The neuroimaging environment module: module load neuroimaging

By loading either module you will get access to Spyder.

Using Spyder on Triton¶

To use spyder on triton, you will need an xserver on your local machine (in order to display the spyder GUI) e.g. VcXsrv. You will further need to connect to triton with X-Forwarding: ssh -X triton.aalto.fi

Finally, load the module you want to use Spyder from (see above) and run spyder

Use a different environment for Spyder¶

If you want to use python packages which are not part of the module you use spyder from, it is strongly to suggested to create a virtual environment (e.g. e.g. Conda environments). Set up the environment with all packages you want to use. After that, the following steps will make spyder use the environment:

Activate your environment
Run python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable) to get the path to the python interpreter in your environment
Deactivate the environment
Start Spyder
In spyder Navigate to “Tools -> Preferences” and select “Python interpreter”. Under “Use the following Python Interpreter” enter the path from step 2

That will make Spyder use the created python environment.