Molecular Dynamics SimulationBioinformatics

Setting up Python Environment for Advanced Molecular Dynamics
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