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Show mamba commands directly instead of a conda-then-swap note
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Clarify that mamba isn't bundled with miniconda
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions CONTRIBUTING.md
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Please install conda if you don't have it already. You can install [miniforge](https://conda-forge.org/download/) or [miniconda](https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/install#linux)

**Note:** We recommend using [mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/mamba-installation.html) as the package manager for the conda environment. Mamba is faster and more efficient than conda. And it's the default package manager for miniforge. If you are using mamba just replace `conda` with `mamba` in the following commands.
**Note:** We recommend using [mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/mamba-installation.html) as the package manager for the conda environment. Mamba is faster and more efficient than conda. It's already included if you installed miniforge above; if you installed miniconda instead, it doesn't come bundled — follow the mamba link to install it into your base environment. The commands below use `mamba`; if you don't have it installed, replace `mamba` with `conda`.

```bash
# create the conda environment (assuming in base `cuopt` directory)
# note: cuOpt currently doesn't support `channel_priority: strict`;
# use `channel_priority: flexible` instead
conda env create -p ./.cuopt_env --file conda/environments/all_cuda-133_arch-$(uname -m).yaml
mamba env create -p ./.cuopt_env --file conda/environments/all_cuda-133_arch-$(uname -m).yaml
# activate the environment
conda activate ./.cuopt_env
mamba activate ./.cuopt_env # or: conda activate ./.cuopt_env
```

- **Note**: the conda environment files are updated frequently, so the
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Skipping any of these surfaces as confusing runtime errors later. Run them in order:

1. **Check CUDA driver compatibility.** Run `nvidia-smi` and read the *CUDA Version* in the top-right corner — that's the maximum CUDA your driver supports. Pick a conda env file from `conda/environments/all_cuda-<ver>_arch-<arch>.yaml` whose CUDA major version is **≤** that. A mismatch builds successfully but fails at runtime inside RMM with `cudaMallocAsync not supported with this CUDA driver/runtime version` — verify this *before* the build, not after.
2. **Create and activate the conda env** before *any* build, test, or `pre-commit` command — this is allowed and expected (see [Refusal Rules](#refusal-rules--read-first)). Use a **local prefix env** (`./.cuopt_env`) per [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../CONTRIBUTING.md), with the env file you picked in step 1 (swap `conda`→`mamba` if available):
2. **Create and activate the conda env** before *any* build, test, or `pre-commit` command — this is allowed and expected (see [Refusal Rules](#refusal-rules--read-first)). Use a **local prefix env** (`./.cuopt_env`) per [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../CONTRIBUTING.md), with the env file you picked in step 1 (`mamba` is recommended and faster; swap in `conda` if `mamba` isn't available):
```bash
conda env create -p ./.cuopt_env --file conda/environments/all_cuda-<ver>_arch-$(uname -m).yaml
conda activate ./.cuopt_env
mamba env create -p ./.cuopt_env --file conda/environments/all_cuda-<ver>_arch-$(uname -m).yaml
mamba activate ./.cuopt_env # or: conda activate ./.cuopt_env
```
Tests link against libraries compiled inside that env; a fresh shell without `conda activate ./.cuopt_env` hits cryptic linker errors.
Tests link against libraries compiled inside that env; a fresh shell without activating it hits cryptic linker errors.
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3. **Set `PARALLEL_LEVEL`** if RAM is constrained — see [references/build_and_test.md](references/build_and_test.md). The default `$(nproc)` can OOM mid-build because CUDA compilation needs ~4–8 GB per job.
4. **For tests, fetch datasets first.** cuOpt tests need MPS files not in the repo — follow the dataset download steps in [CONTRIBUTING.md](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) ("Building for development" section) and export `RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR`.

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