Update Python Version in Google Colab

Why we need to update?

Many major library require minimum python version at least 3.8 but Colab still on python 3.7. 💢

Solution:

Thanks to the condacolab team who make it possible. 💖

Step1:

!pip install -q https://github.com/conda-incubator/condacolab/archive/main.tar.gz

Step2:

import condacolab

condacolab.install_from_url("https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/ \

releases/download/4.14.0-0/Mambaforge-4.14.0-0-Linux-x86_64.sh")

Step3:

import sys

sys.version

You will see 3.10.6 | packaged by conda-forge ... 😍

Step4:

!pip install metpy

Step5:

import metpy

metpy.__version__

You will see 1.3.1 🚀

Example notebook:

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Q1Bf7c7METigE7Bg5FhxdB33cXi470mM?usp=sharing