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Customizing Environments

Using virtual Python environments

To make a PyTorch virtual environment for Cerebras

Clone the Cerebras modelzoo, if it is not already cloned. Check out the R 2.4.0 release.

mkdir ~/R_2.4.0
cd ~/R_2.4.0
git clone https://github.com/Cerebras/modelzoo.git
cd modelzoo
git tag
git checkout Release_2.4.0
Note: a git pull will not update the tags; if modelzoo/setup.py does not exist after tag checkout, please re-clone modelzoo.

Then build the virtual environment

mkdir ~/R_2.4.0
cd ~/R_2.4.0
# Note: "deactivate" does not actually work in scripts.
deactivate
rm -r venv_cerebras_pt
/software/cerebras/python3.8/bin/python3.8 -m venv venv_cerebras_pt
source venv_cerebras_pt/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -e modelzoo

Activation and deactivation

To activate a virtual environments

source ~/R_2.4.0/venv_cerebras_pt/bin/activate

To deactivate a virtual environment,

deactivate