`SCons`_ can be installed in a `Conda`_ environment with the `Conda`_ package manager. See the `Conda installation`_ and
`Conda environment management`_ documentation for more details about using `Conda`_.

.. note::

   While the files in this tutorial don't use `WAVES`_, the package will still
   be used to fetch necessary tutorial directories and files. If you don't have
   access to `WAVES`_, the relevant `WAVES tutorials abaqus source files`_ may be
   found in the GitHub repository

1. Create the environment if it doesn't exist

   .. code-block::

      $ conda create --name waves-eabm-env --channel conda-forge scons waves

2. Activate the environment

   .. code-block::

      $ conda activate waves-eabm-env
