Software Setup for BioAI — Spring 2026

The instructions below will take you step by step through the process. Important: you must perform these steps from an Administrator-enabled user account on your computer.

Install Miniconda3

1. Download and run the appropriate installer file for your system:

   • MacOS installer (M1/M2/M3/etc.)

   • MacOS installer (Intel x86)

   • Windows installer

   • Other installers

2. Open a new Terminal window (close and re-open if already opened). Windows: use the Anaconda Prompt program (available through the Start menu) to open a new Command window.

3. Test: in Terminal window, type: conda list

4. Windows only: run the command conda install pywin32. If you are on Mac or Linux, skip this step.

5. conda create --name ai python=3.12

6. conda activate ai

7. conda info

   Email me the output of the above command.

8. Delete the Miniconda3 installer file, which is no longer needed.

Run IDLE

On Mac or Linux:

   conda activate ai
   idle3

On Windows:

   conda activate ai
   idle

Install Numpy and Matplotlib

conda activate ai
python -m pip install numpy
python -m pip install matplotlib

To test the installation, start a Python session and run the following Python commands to plot a simple graph:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> x = np.arange(0, 10, 0.2)
>>> plt.plot(x, x**2)
>>> plt.show()