Bash script that setup standard conda environment for scientific conputing from scratch.

conda_setup.sh

#!/bin/bash 

INSTALL_DIR=${HOME}/conda
INSTALL_SH='conda.sh'

# determin OS
OS=$(uname -s)
CONDA_URL="https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-${OS/Darwin/MacOSX}-$(uname -m).sh"

# download installation file
wget ${CONDA_URL} -O ${INSTALL_SH}

# install via bash
bash ${INSTALL_SH} -b -p ${INSTALL_DIR}

# activate conda base env
source ${INSTALL_DIR}/bin/activate
conda init

# update conda env
conda update --yes conda

# clean install script
rm ${INSTALL_SH}
conda clean --all --yes

Script is updated to accomendate new Miniconda url and new conda API.