Install conda in order to use the packaging manager to install the needed software. Conda is an independent package management environment which provides easy installation of a wide variety of packages and programs - and comes in handy when using snakemake later on. Install miniconda (a minimal version of conda) by downloading the latest installer.

After this is done, install mamba - an improved package manager over conda, especially for downloading and solving dependencies:

# installs mamba into the "base" environment of conda
conda install -n base -c conda-forge mamba

Download this repository either by downloading from the website or use:

git clone https://github.com/Porthmeus/snakemake_tutorial; cd snakemake_tutorial

With mamba install all necessary packages into an new environment called "snakemake-tutorial"

conda activate base
mamba env create --file tutorial_snakemake/workflow/envs/snakemake-tutorial.yaml -n snakemake-tutorial 

To use the environment (and snakemake) call:

conda activate snakemake-tutorial