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brew install micromamba v2.8.1 BSD-3-Clause

Fast Cross-Platform Package Manager

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Runtime dependencies

Build dependencies

GitHub topics

conda cpp package-manager python

Links

Caveats

Please run the following to setup your shell:
  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/micromamba/bin/mamba shell init --shell <your-shell> --root-prefix ~/mamba
and restart your terminal.
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