Installing Anaconda and Pymks

Go to https://www.continuum.io/downloads and click on your OS distribution (Mac,Linux,Windows).

For MacOS:

Download the graphical installer for Python 2.7 and install anaconda.

For Linux:

Download the Python 2.7 installer.

Open a terminal and type
cd ~/path_of_downloaded_anaconda_file/
bash Anaconda    (and press the tab key to get the full name)

The final command will run the installation and you're going to be asked a series of questions.
In general, Anaconda will be installed in /home/your_username/anaconda2.

If you want to install it somewhere else you will need to give a full path like: /home/your_username/Python_tools/anaconda2

For all other questions type yes (that is critical for smooth installation and easy use of Anaconda)

After you've installed Anaconda follow the instruction for PyMKS:

MacOS and Linux:

Open a terminal and type:

conda --add-channels pymks
pip install pymks
conda install vtk
pip install mayavi

With these 4 commands you have full functionality of Pymks in Jupyter-notebook using:
import pymks

If you want to run the jupyter notebook you can type in terminal jupyter-notebook, or anaconda-navigator and you can see the full set of tools installed with Anaconda.

MacOS users can open the the Anaconda Navigator in Applications and run Jupyter Notebook from there.

Accessing iLabs

1.    The iLab system for accessing WVU core facilities is now operational.  The main page can be found here:
https://wvu.corefacilities.org <http://wvu.corefacilities.org>

. Avoid using Internet Explorer to access this page.  Chrome or Firefox work better than IE.

2.    User manuals will be posted on the HSC Core Facilities website as soon as possible:

http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/resoff/research/shared-research-resources/

.  Contact individual core directors for additional help accessing core services.

3.    PIs or their designates must approve their staff before they can log in as users in iLab. Follow the instructions below.
4.    If you are a department administrator and need access to a specific department/PI for financial purposes, please email Melissa McDilda at mmcdilda@hsc.wvu.edu <mailto:mmcdilda@hsc.wvu.edu> with the details.


*NOTE: The PI of a sponsored award has the primary responsibility to ensure that all spending on his/her sponsored award(s) meets the award terms and is relevant and necessary to the project purpose, reasonable in amount, and in compliance with all laws, regulations, University policies, and sponsor guidelines.*

*Account Approval for Your Current Users**
*
Whenever you have a new lab member, ask that person to:
1.    Log in to the main WVU iLab page at

http://wvu.corefacilities.org

.
2.    Select “Internal WVU user”.
3.    Enter the WVU ID and password.
4.    Complete the prompts.
You will receive a notice from iLab (no_reply@iLabsolutions.com <mailto:no_reply@iLabsolutions.com>) that a new user is requesting to join your lab. Follow the instructions in the email.

If you would prefer to delegate these notifications/approvals to a financial manager, please email Melissa McDilda at mmcdilda@hsc.wvu.edu <mailto:mmcdilda@hsc.wvu.edu> with your financial manager’s name & email. Please cc: the core manager, too.


1.    Click on the link in the email to log in.
2.    Once logged in, click on the “my labs” link in the left navigation menu.
3.    To approve lab membership requests, select the “Membership Requests & POETA/GL(s)” tab. New membership requests will show at the top of this page. Click “Approve” to accept a member into your lab or “Reject” to not accept.
4.    To assign funding string(s) (POETA/GL(s)) to a member of your lab, find the member in the above list where it says “Manage POETA/GL(s)”. Select the checkbox(es) to the right of their name for the POETA/GL(s)(s) you want to assign to them.
5.    Set the auto-approval amount if you do not want to approve service requests below a certain dollar amount. To do this, select the “Members” panel and enter a dollar amount in the “Auto Pre-Approval” amount and click “save settings”.


*Additional Help*

More detailed instructions are available in iLab by using the “HELP” link in the upper right corner of the website or by navigating to http://help.ilab.agilent.com.

On the Help page, select “Core Facility Management” then select scroll over and click on the “Lab Administrators” section.
For any questions not addressed on the Help site, click on the “HELP” link in the upper right hand corner and submit a ticket or contact: ilab-support@agilent.com <mailto:ilab-support@agilent.com>.