Downloads the conda install script, creates an environment with basic scientific packages, and launches a jupyter notebook. Ideally want the environment to be cleaned up at the end.

instant_jupyter_notebook.zsh

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

# set Linux/Darwin url
if [[ `uname` == "Darwin" ]]; then
    echo "Detected Mac OS X..."
    url="http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-x86_64.sh"
else
    echo "Detected Linux..."
    url="http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh"
fi

# set python version

# set install script name
script_name='miniconda.sh'

# set environment path 
env_path='.miniconda_env'

# set environment name
env_name='tmp_env'

unset PYTHONHOME
unset PYTHONPATH

# download the installation script
echo "Downloading conda installation script..."

if [[ -e $script_name ]]; then
    rm $script_name
fi

curl $url -s -o $script_name 

# create temporary conda installation
echo "Creating temporary conda installation..."

if [[ -e $env_path ]]; then
    rm -rf $env_path
fi

bash $script_name -b -f -p $env_path >> /dev/null

rm $script_name

# setup path and create environment
echo "Creating temporary conda environment..."

export PATH=$env_path:$PATH

# TODO: make this read an environment.yml file instead if supplied
$env_path/bin/conda create --quiet -y -n $env_name python numpy scipy matplotlib ipython jupyter >> /dev/null

# run the python environment
source $env_path/bin/activate $env_name

$env_path/envs/$env_name/bin/jupyter-notebook

#### THIS PART DOES NOT WORK YET ####
# Ideally, I'd like the notebook to launch and then wait until the jupyter kernel quites
# Once it quits, I'd like the conda environment to be cleaned up

#PID=$!
#wait $!
#while [[ -d /proc/$PID ]]; do
#    sleep 1
#done
#
## clean up the python environment
#echo "Cleaning up the conda installation..."
#source $env_path/bin/deactivate
#
#if [[ -e $env_path ]]; then
#    #rm -rf $env_path
#    echo "Removing the environment..."
#fi