Create checkenv.py

Author: Hugo Bowne-Anderson

checkenv.py

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+# Check that the packages are installed.
+from pkgutil import iter_modules
+import sys
+
+
+def check_import(packagename):
+    if packagename in (name for _, name, _ in iter_modules()):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+assert sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 6, 'Please install Python 3.6!'
+
+packages = ['jupyter', 'pymc3', 'seaborn', 'matplotlib', 'numpy', 'scipy',
+            'pandas', 'tqdm', 'jupyterlab']
+
+all_passed = True
+
+for p in packages:
+    assert check_import(p),\
+        '{0} not present. Please install via pip or conda.'.format(p)
+
+if all_passed:
+    print('All checks passed. Your environment is good to go!')