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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Helper script to create a conda environment with all of the
+# dependencies needed for developing SO software.  This includes
+# packages needed when building some tools from source.
+#
+# This script is for anyone who does not want to use the "soconda"
+# tools and / or does not need things like the libactpol / moby2
+# packages.  This script installs as much as possible as conda
+# packages, and then pip-installs the remainder.
+#
+# IMPORTANT NOTES:
+#
+#    1.  You should use a conda-forge "base" environment.  For
+#        example downloaded from: https://conda-forge.org/download/
+#        Make sure "conda" is in your path before running this script.
+#
+#    2.  If you are running on a cluster / HPC center you 
+#        should set the MPICC environment variable to the 
+#        name of your MPI C compiler.  For example, at NERSC
+#        you would do:
+#
+#        MPICC=cc ./conda_dev_env.sh -e /path/to/my/env -p 3.13
+#
+# OTHER NOTES:
+#
+# If you would like to create your environments in an alternate
+# directory, first load the base environment and add the
+# alternate location to your conda config:
+#
+#    conda config --append envs_dirs path/to/envs
+#
+# Then run this script with the full location:
+#
+#    ./conda_dev_env.sh path/to/envs/my_env
+#
+# and then when activating the environment you can reference
+# it with just "my_env".
+#
+# NOTE:  by default, the full path to the conda env will be
+# displayed in the shell prompt.  To avoid this, edit ~/.condarc
+# and add this line:
+#
+# env_prompt: '({name}) '
+#
+# Now only the basename of the environment will show up.
+
+# Location of this script
+pushd $(dirname $0) >/dev/null 2>&1
+scriptdir=$(pwd)
+popd >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+show_help () {
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Usage:  $0" >&2
+    echo "    [-e <environment, either name or full path>]" >&2
+    echo "    [-p <python version (e.g. 3.12)>]" >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "    Create a conda environment for SO development." >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+}
+
+envname=""
+pyversion=$(python3 --version 2>&1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed -e "s#\(.*\)\.\(.*\)\..*#\1.\2#")
+extra="no"
+
+while getopts ":e:p:x" opt; do
+    case $opt in
+        e)
+            envname="${OPTARG}"
+            ;;
+        p)
+            pyversion="${OPTARG}"
+            ;;
+        \?)
+            show_help
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
+            show_help
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
+if [ -z "${envname}" ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "You must specify the environment name or path!"
+    show_help
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+conda_exe=$(which conda)
+if [ -z "${conda_exe}" ]; then
+    echo "No conda executable found- is your base environment activated?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Activate the base environment
+basedir=$(dirname $(dirname "${conda_exe}"))
+if [[ -e ${basedir}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh ]]; then
+    source ${basedir}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
+else
+    source /etc/profile.d/conda.sh
+fi
+conda deactivate
+conda activate base
+
+# Determine whether the environment is a name or a
+# full path.
+env_noslash=$(echo "${envname}" | sed -e 's/\///g')
+
+is_path=no
+if [ "${env_noslash}" != "${envname}" ]; then
+    # This was a path
+    is_path=yes
+    env_check=""
+    if [ -e "${envname}/bin/conda" ]; then
+        # It already exists
+        env_check="${envname}"
+    fi
+else
+    env_check=$(conda env list | { grep "${envname} " || true; })
+fi
+
+# Determine whether we are installing MPI with conda.  This matters due
+# to a bug in the ucx package (required by the MPI packages).  The ucx package
+# will only install correctly if listed as an initial package during the 
+# "create" command.
+
+conda_mpi="yes"
+mpi_pkgs="mpich mpi4py"
+if [ -n "${MPICC}" ]; then
+    conda_mpi="no"
+    mpi_pkgs=""
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${mpi_pkgs}" ]; then
+    initial_pkgs="python=${pyversion}"
+else
+    if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ]; then
+        initial_pkgs="ucx python=${pyversion}"
+    else
+        initial_pkgs="python=${pyversion}"
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${env_check}" ]; then
+    # Environment does not yet exist.  Create it.
+    echo "Creating new environment \"${envname}\""
+    if [ ${is_path} = "no" ]; then
+        conda create --yes -n "${envname}"
+    else
+        conda create --yes -p "${envname}"
+    fi
+    echo "Activating environment \"${envname}\""
+    conda activate "${envname}"
+    echo "Setting default channel in this env to conda-forge"
+    conda config --env --add channels conda-forge
+    conda config --env --set channel_priority strict
+else
+    echo "Activating environment \"${envname}\""
+    conda activate "${envname}"
+fi
+
+# Install conda packages.  First the python we are using.
+echo "Installing python-${pyversion}..."
+conda install --yes --update-all ${initial_pkgs}
+
+# Next, install build tools
+echo "Installing conda packages for development..."
+conda install --yes --update-all \
+    compilers \
+    pybind11 \
+    cmake \
+    ninja \
+    scikit-build-core \
+    setuptools \
+    setuptools-scm
+
+# Reload the environment to pick up compiler environment variables
+conda deactivate
+conda activate "${envname}"
+
+# The conda compiler packages make a symlink "cc", which conflicts
+# with the Cray MPI compiler needed for mpi4py.  Remove this symlink.
+rm -f "${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/cc"
+
+# Install dependencies that we have on conda-forge
+echo "Installing SO packages that are on conda-forge"
+# FIXME: add so3g here eventually (spt3g is already there)
+conda install --yes pixell toast qpoint
+
+installed_pkgs="$(conda list | awk '{print $1}')"
+
+# Some of our dependencies are only available from pypi.  Install
+# pipgrip so that we can try to install as many dependencies as
+# possible from conda-forge
+python -m pip install pipgrip
+
+pushd "${scriptdir}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
+
+# FIXME: remove so3g (and the loop) once that package is on conda-forge
+for pkg in "so3g" "."; do
+    deps=$(pipgrip --threads 4 --pipe ${pkg} | sed -e 's/\(==[^[:space:]]\+\)//g')
+    for dep in ${deps}; do
+        if [ ${dep} != ${pkg} ]; then
+            # Special handling of ruamel.yaml / ruamel-yaml.  This is a longstanding
+            # mess across PyPI and conda ecosystems...
+            if [ "${dep}" = "ruamel-yaml" ] || [ "${dep}" = "ruamel-yaml-clib" ]; then
+                dep="ruamel.yaml"
+            fi
+            depcheck=$(echo "$installed_pkgs" | grep -E "^${dep}\$")
+            if [ -z "${depcheck}" ]; then
+                # It is not already installed, try to install it with conda
+                echo "Attempt to install conda package for dependency \"${dep}\"..."
+                conda install --yes --quiet ${dep}
+                # A failure of the above command is NOT AN ERROR.  If the
+                # conda package does not exist, then the dependency will be
+                # installed by pip below.
+                if [[ $? = 0 ]]; then
+                    installed_pkgs="${installed_pkgs}"$'\n'"${dep}"
+                fi
+            else
+                echo "  Package for dependency \"${dep}\" already installed"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+    echo "Installing package ${pkg}"
+    python3 -m pip install ${pkg}
+    [[ $? != 0 ]] && exit 1
+    installed_pkgs="${installed_pkgs}"$'\n'"${pkg}"
+done
+
+popd 2>&1 >/dev/null
+
+# Install mpi4py from source if using an external MPI
+if [ "${conda_mpi}" = "no" ]; then
+    echo "Building mpi4py with MPICC=\"${MPICC}\""
+    pip install --force-reinstall --no-cache-dir --no-binary=mpi4py mpi4py
+    [[ $? != 0 ]] && exit 1
+else
+    conda install --yes ${mpi_pkgs}
+fi
+