ISIS 8.1.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available

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How to install or update to 8.1.0_RC2

Installation instructions of ISIS can be found in the README on our github page .

If you already have a version of ISIS 4.0.0 or later installed in an anaconda environment, you can update to 8.1.0_RC2 by activating your existing isis conda environment and running conda update -c "usgs-astrogeology/label/RC" isis=8.1.0_RC2.

How to get access to 8.1.0_RC2 at the ASC

The new process proposed in the internal RFC is now in full effect. Please review the process of using anaconda environments to activate isis here.

Once a version of conda is active, run the command: conda activate isis8.1.0-RC2 to use this newest version of ISIS.

Changes for 8.1.0_RC2

Changed

• Set build option pybindings=ON in build.sh to turn on python bindings. #5389
• Updated Ale to version 0.10.0 #5399

Added

• Added new csm plugins path to IsisPreferences #5397

Notes

The following operating systems are supported for this release:

• Ubuntu 18.04
• macOS Mohave 11.6

(Other Linux/macOS variants may be able to run this release, but are not officially supported.)

If you find a problem with this release, please create an issue on our github issues page