doc: conda: add note about csh/tcsh #402
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Update documentation for the conda configuration, mentioning that the csh shell on some Linux distros is not compatible with conda, and provide a workaround.
P. Blain
@apcraig
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On Ubuntu and its derivatives, the csh shell at /bin/csh, which is used in the shebangs of the CICE scripts, is not compatible with conda.
Mention that in the documentation and explain how to install tcsh as an alternative, and configure the system such that /bin/csh points to /bin/tcsh.
I had to do that on my local machine a while ago at work for our in-house package manager to work in the env file, so I did not realize that is was necessary for the conda configuration also. I just realized when testing the Icepack procedure in CICE-Consortium/Icepack#296 on my personal Linux system.