update installation instructions and mamba/boa versions

bob/devtools/bootstrap.py

@@ -527,8 +527,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     conda_version = "4"
     conda_build_version = "3"
-    mamba_version = "0.21"
-    boa_version = "0.9"
+    mamba_version = "0.23"
+    boa_version = "0.11"
 
     conda_verbosity = []
     # if args.verbose >= 2:

conda/meta.yaml

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ requirements:
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
     - conda-build=3
-    - mamba=0.21
-    - boa=0.9
+    - mamba=0.23
+    - boa=0.11
     - certifi
     - docformatter
     - git  # [linux]

doc/development.rst

@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ assume you have ``bob.devtools`` installed on a conda environment named ``bdt``
    $ bdt dev create -vv dev
    $ conda activate dev
 
+.. note::
+
+   ``bdt`` might try to install the cuda version of deep learning packages. If
+   you don't have cuda drivers installed and face errors such as ``nothing
+   provides __cuda``, you might need to run: ``export CONDA_OVERRIDE_CUDA=11.6``
+   where instead of ``11.6`` you should put the latest version of cuda.
+
 * Build the package using pip:
 
 .. code-block:: sh

doc/install.rst

@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@ We provide packages for both 64-bit Linux and MacOS, for Python 3.8+.
    recommend you install this package on the ``base`` environment.
 
 Installing bob.devtools will create a terminal command called ``bdt`` which you
-must create an alias for it because some ``bdt`` commands require another conda
+must make available in your ``PATH`` because some ``bdt`` commands require another conda
 environment to be activated. Moreover, development of Bob packages depend on
 pre-commit_ (pre-commit gets installed as a dependency of bob.devtools) so you
-will need an alias for that as well:
+will need to make that available in your ``PATH`` environment variable as well:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
+   # Make sure bdt and pre-commit are available in your PATH
+   $ mkdir -pv $HOME/.local/bin
+   $ export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
    $ conda activate base
-   $ echo "alias bdt=$(which bdt)" >> ~/.bashrc
-   # you will also need pre-commit which gets installed when you install bob.devtools
-   $ echo "alias pre-commit=$(which pre-commit)" >> ~/.bashrc
+   $ ln -s $(command -v bdt) $HOME/.local/bin/
+   $ ln -s $(command -v pre-commit) $HOME/.local/bin/
+   # Make sure $HOME/.local/bin is in your PATH all the time.
+   $ echo 'export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.bashrc
    $ source ~/.bashrc
    # test if it works
    $ conda deactivate
@@ -96,10 +100,11 @@ pip-installable packages, create a section named ``create`` in the file
 .. code-block:: ini
 
    [create]
-   pip_extras = pre-commit
+   pip_extras = ipdb
+                ipdbplugin
 
-Then, by default, ``bdt dev create`` will automatically pip install
-``pre-commit`` at environment creation time.  You may reset this list to your
+Then, by default, ``bdt dev create`` will automatically pip install ``ipdb`` and
+``ipdbplugin`` at environment creation time.  You may reset this list to your
 liking.
 
 .. include:: links.rst