Setting Python

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Touggourt · Apr 25

Hi Guys,

I'm a newbie running IRIS in a container (IRIS for UNIX (Ubuntu Server LTS for x86-64 Containers) 2024.3 (Build 217U) Thu Nov 14 2024 17:30:43 EST) and trying to setup Python so I can start working on ML & Autosklearn,my understanding is that IRIS already comes with embedded Python but unable to do something like "import pandas as pd" in VSCode which looks like I need install a more complete version of Python or packages, so what I'm missing?

And how can I go to embedded Python editor in my VSCode because my understanding you can find under explorer option in VScode but I can't find it?

Thanks

Product version: IRIS 2024.3

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score 1 · Answer 1 · 2025-04-26T05:22:42-04:00

HI @Touggourt ! You can start e.g. from this template . So you can clone or use as a template this github repo.

When IRIS starts in this it is prepared to work with Python in any supported modes.

Here is the related article.

score 1 · Answer 2 · 2025-05-20T09:48:42-04:00

To the first question about Python packages:
The pandas package doesn't come pre-installed. You are correct that the Python shell is functional in a basic IRIS instance, but some packages need to be installed (latest docs for installing python packages in containers). Other packages like math and iris are pre-installed.

To the second question:
I'm not sure what you're looking for here.
It looks like you have the VS Code explorer configured for server-side editing of the USER and US-S namespaces on your instance. You can create and add class files here, to be compiled within those namespaces. Those would be your user-defined files, including Python classes and scripts. They'll have access to the python libraries in IRIS. Here's some more documentation on running Python.