# Activation of the environment to run the Use Case OMI/TROPOMI resolution comparison

**URL:** https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/t/activation-of-the-environment-to-run-the-use-case-omi-tropomi-resolution-comparison/585
**Category:** Use Cases
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/t/activation-of-the-environment-to-run-the-use-case-omi-tropomi-resolution-comparison/585 "2022-12-15T13:22:59Z")
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### Author: ![dipedeserena](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/user_avatar/forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/dipedeserena/32/259_2.png) [@dipedeserena](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/u/dipedeserena)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/t/activation-of-the-environment-to-run-the-use-case-omi-tropomi-resolution-comparison/585/1 "2022-12-15T13:22:59Z")

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Dear S&T,

I was trying to run the Use Case [OMI/TROPOMI comparison](https://atmospherictoolbox.org/media/usecases/Usecase_3_OMI_TROPOMI_comparison.html) in the PAL analysis environment and I followed the instructions about [activating the avl environment](https://atmospherictoolbox.org/usecases/). I can create the `environment.yml`, but when I run:

```auto
developer@workspace-analysis:~$ conda activate avl

```

I obtain this message:

```auto
developer@workspace-analysis:~$ conda activate avl

CommandNotFoundError: Your shell has not been properly configured to use 'conda activate'.
To initialize your shell, run

    $ conda init <SHELL_NAME>

Currently supported shells are:
  - bash
  - fish
  - tcsh
  - xonsh
  - zsh
  - powershell

See 'conda init --help' for more information and options.

IMPORTANT: You may need to close and restart your shell after running 'conda init'.

```

so then I tried to activate the `bash` and I got this other message:

```auto
developer@workspace-analysis:~$ conda init bash
no change /opt/conda/condabin/conda
no change /opt/conda/bin/conda
no change /opt/conda/bin/conda-env
no change /opt/conda/bin/activate
no change /opt/conda/bin/deactivate
no change /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
no change /opt/conda/etc/fish/conf.d/conda.fish
no change /opt/conda/shell/condabin/Conda.psm1
no change /opt/conda/shell/condabin/conda-hook.ps1
no change /opt/conda/lib/python3.10/site-packages/xontrib/conda.xsh
no change /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.csh
no change /home/developer/.bashrc
No action taken.

```

Do you have an idea on how I can activate the environment and run the Notebook from the PAL analysis system? For now the Notebook fails at importing `folium` and `geopandas`.

Thank you!

Best regards,  
Serena Di Pede

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### Author: ![sander.niemeijer](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/user_avatar/forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/sander.niemeijer/32/5_2.png) [@sander.niemeijer](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/u/sander.niemeijer)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/t/activation-of-the-environment-to-run-the-use-case-omi-tropomi-resolution-comparison/585/2 "2022-12-15T13:49:32Z")

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Dear Serena, this seems to be more a PAL specific issue (linked to how conda is installed/configured there). Since PAL is not a public service, nor covered by this forum, I will ask my colleagues that deal with PAL to respond to you offline about this specific problem.

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### Author: ![dipedeserena](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/user_avatar/forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/dipedeserena/32/259_2.png) [@dipedeserena](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/u/dipedeserena)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.atmospherictoolbox.org/t/activation-of-the-environment-to-run-the-use-case-omi-tropomi-resolution-comparison/585/3 "2022-12-15T14:21:21Z")

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Ok, thanks Sander! Sorry for the not pertinent question!  
Best,  
Serena