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Bash/Conda/Python basics, conda environment, slides from today, exam preparation
Written on 14.10.2026 14:04 by Sven Rahmann
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1. We have put slides for a brief bash/conda/python tutorial online that explains how to install and use the conda package manager to create isolated environments (collections of packages) for running Python for the BioStatsLab course. There is also a file "environment.yml", which specifies the packages you want to install. "conda env create" shoud do the job when the file is present.
2. Lecture slides from today (administrative business; Lecture 01-01) are online, and also the first exercise sheet (officially released tomorrow, but why not have an extra day).
Exam Preparation
As said in the lecture, the course is fast-paced, so please stay on top, do spend (much!) time on the exercises, and prioritize this one over advanced courses that might be better taken in later semesters. To help you, we will run a mock exam on the Friday before the Christmas holidays during the normal lecture time. You may or may not take it, pass or fail, there will be a grade on it, but it will not be recorded, it is just for your own information on how you are doing with the material.
As also said today, there are no prerequisites for the exam, but I can almost guarantee that if you do not work continuously on the material and exercises, the probability to fail the exam is 90%. This are empirical values from past semesters. Phrased positively: If you keep up with the material and exercises every week (and know how to solve them by yourself without LLM help), your chances of passing are very high.