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Setting up Python Environment for Advanced Molecular Dynamics

Skilltori

Skilltori

7/4/2026 - 1 min read

1. Create the environment

Run in your terminal.

Create the new environment named md with a clean Python installation:

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conda create -n md python=3 -y

2. Activate the environment

Switch into your newly created environment:

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conda activate md

3. Install the MD analysis and plotting packages

Install the required packages directly inside the active md environment:

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conda install -c conda-forge mdanalysis mdtraj -y
pip install numpy matplotlib seaborn