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@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ dstat-interface has moved to gtk+3 and we now recommend Anaconda/Miniconda for i
1. [Install Miniconda](https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh) It doesn't matter if you pick Python 2.7 or 3.5—this just sets Miniconda's default Python. (Skip if Miniconda or Anaconda are already installed)
- 2. Create a new environment for dstat. In a terminal type:
-````conda create -n dstat -c mdryden python=2.7 dstat-interface dstat-interface-deps````
+ 2. Download the [conda env file](conda-env.yml).
+
+ 3. In the terminal, create the dstat environment (replacing </path/to/conda-env.yml> with the actual path to the file on your computer):
+````conda env create -f </path/to/conda-env.yml>````
3. Then to run dstat-interface:
````source activate dstat
diff --git a/conda-env.yml b/conda-env.yml
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+++ b/conda-env.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+name: dstat
+channels:
+ - conda-forge
+ - mdryden
+ - defaults
+dependencies:
+ - ca-certificates=2018.4.16=0
+ - certifi=2018.4.16=py27_0
+ - nb_conda_kernels=2.1.0=py27_0
+ - openssl=1.0.2o=0
+ - appnope=0.1.0=py27_0
+ - backports=1.0=py27_0
+ - backports_abc=0.5=py27_0
+ - bleach=1.5.0=py27_0
+ - configparser=3.5.0=py27_0
+ - curl=7.54.1=0
+ - cycler=0.10.0=py27_0
+ - decorator=4.1.2=py27_0
+ - entrypoints=0.2.3=py27_0
+ - enum34=1.1.6=py27_0
+ - expat=2.1.0=0
+ - freetype=2.5.5=2
+ - funcsigs=1.0.2=py27hb9f6266_0
+ - functools32=3.2.3.2=py27_0
+ - get_terminal_size=1.0.0=py27_0
+ - gettext=0.19.8=1
+ - git=2.11.1=0
+ - html5lib=0.9999999=py27_0
+ - icu=54.1=0
+ - intel-openmp=2018.0.0=h8158457_8
+ - ipykernel=4.6.1=py27_0
+ - ipython=5.3.0=py27_0
+ - ipython-notebook=4.0.4=py27_0
+ - ipython_genutils=0.2.0=py27_0
+ - jbig=2.1=0
+ - jinja2=2.9.6=py27_0
+ - jpeg=9b=0
+ - jsonschema=2.6.0=py27_0
+ - jupyter_client=5.1.0=py27_0
+ - jupyter_core=4.3.0=py27_0
+ - krb5=1.13.2=0
+ - libcxx=4.0.1=h579ed51_0
+ - libcxxabi=4.0.1=hebd6815_0
+ - libffi=3.2.1=1
+ - libgfortran=3.0.1=h93005f0_2
+ - libiconv=1.14=0
+ - libpng=1.6.30=1
+ - libssh2=1.8.0=0
+ - libtiff=4.0.6=3
+ - llvmlite=0.21.0=py27hac8ee23_0
+ - markupsafe=1.0=py27_0
+ - matplotlib=2.0.2=np113py27_0
+ - mistune=0.7.4=py27_0
+ - mkl=2018.0.1=hfbd8650_4
+ - nbconvert=5.2.1=py27_0
+ - nbformat=4.4.0=py27_0
+ - notebook=5.0.0=py27_0
+ - numba=0.36.2=np113py27h7c931aa_0
+ - numpy=1.13.3=py27h62f9060_0
+ - pandas=0.20.3=py27_0
+ - pandocfilters=1.4.2=py27_0
+ - path.py=10.3.1=py27_0
+ - pathlib2=2.3.0=py27_0
+ - patsy=0.4.1=py27_0
+ - pcre=8.39=1
+ - pexpect=4.2.1=py27_0
+ - pickleshare=0.7.4=py27_0
+ - pip=9.0.1=py27_1
+ - prompt_toolkit=1.0.15=py27_0
+ - ptyprocess=0.5.2=py27_0
+ - pygments=2.2.0=py27_0
+ - pyparsing=2.2.0=py27_0
+ - pyqt=5.6.0=py27_2
+ - python=2.7.13=0
+ - python-dateutil=2.6.1=py27_0
+ - pytz=2017.2=py27_0
+ - pyyaml=3.12=py27_0
+ - pyzmq=16.0.2=py27_0
+ - qt=5.6.2=2
+ - readline=6.2=2
+ - scandir=1.5=py27_0
+ - scipy=1.0.0=py27h793f721_0
+ - seaborn=0.8=py27_0
+ - setuptools=36.4.0=py27_0
+ - simplegeneric=0.8.1=py27_1
+ - singledispatch=3.4.0.3=py27_0
+ - sip=4.18=py27_0
+ - six=1.10.0=py27_0
+ - sqlite=3.13.0=0
+ - ssl_match_hostname=3.5.0.1=py27_0
+ - statsmodels=0.8.0=np113py27_0
+ - subprocess32=3.2.7=py27_0
+ - terminado=0.6=py27_0
+ - testpath=0.3.1=py27_0
+ - tk=8.5.18=0
+ - tornado=4.5.2=py27_0
+ - traitlets=4.3.2=py27_0
+ - wcwidth=0.1.7=py27_0
+ - wheel=0.29.0=py27_0
+ - xz=5.2.3=0
+ - yaml=0.1.6=0
+ - zlib=1.2.11=0
+ - adwaita-icon-theme=3.24.0=1
+ - arrow=0.10.0=py27_0
+ - at-spi2-atk=2.24.1=2
+ - at-spi2-core=2.24.1=2
+ - atk=2.24.0=3
+ - cairo-gobject=1.14.8=8
+ - dbus-client=1.10.18=0
+ - dfu-programmer=0.7.2=2
+ - dstat-interface=1.4.6=py27_0
+ - dstat-interface-deps=1.0=0
+ - gdk-pixbuf=2.36.6=2
+ - glib=2.52.2=5
+ - gobject-introspection=1.52.1=2
+ - gtk3=3.22.15=4
+ - harfbuzz=1.4.6=3
+ - libepoxy=1.4.2=5
+ - libusb=1.0.21=0
+ - pango=1.40.6=2
+ - pixman=0.34.0=1
+ - py2cairo=1.10.0=py27_0
+ - pygobject3=3.24.2=py27_3
+ - pyserial=3.3=py27_0
+ - zmq-plugin=0.2.post14=py27_0
+ - pip:
+ - backports.shutil-get-terminal-size==1.0.0
+ - backports.shutil-which==3.5.1
+ - backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.5.0.1
+ - chardet==3.0.4
+ - colorama==0.3.9
+ - idna==2.6
+ - paver==1.2.4
+ - pygobject==3.24.1
+ - requests==2.18.4
+ - urllib3==1.22
+ - vmprof==0.4.10