Installing the required software with Anaconda

Before we get started, we need to install some prerequisite software. The following sections will take you through the software and the steps needed to install them. An alternative way to start is to use the Docker recipe, after which everything will be taken care for you via a Docker container.

If you are already using a different Python version, you are strongly encouraged to consider Anaconda, as it has become the de facto standard for data science. Also, it is the distribution that will allow you to install software from Bioconda (https://bioconda.github.io/).