> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://wiki.latch.bio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Installing Custom Dependencies

> How to install custom dependencies for your Plot runtime

Each Plot notebook runs on its own dedicated compute instance and uses dependencies from the `plots-faas` conda environment.

With SSH access, you can directly connect to the underlying environment to inspect current dependencies or install new ones as needed.

# Connect to Plot notebooks via SSH

Visit [our documentation here](/plots/developer/ssh) to set up SSH access and connect to your Plot notebook.

# Install new packages

After connecting to Plot via SSH, activate the `plots-faas` conda environment by running:

```bash theme={null}
mamba activate plots-faas
```

Inspect the existing dependencies by typing:

```bash theme={null}
mamba list
```

Install new packages using mamba install like so:

```bash theme={null}
mamba install scanpy
```

<Note>
  **Pro-tip**:
  With terminal access to the underlying Plot's compute instance, you're not limited to just conda packages—you can also install Linux packages and other software.
</Note>