Most important commands of the conda package and environment manager.
- See a list of all environments
conda env list - Create a new environment with a specific python version
conda create -n ENVNAME python=3.9 - Create an environment from an
environment.ymlfileconda env create -f environment.yml - Delete an entire environment
conda remove --name ENVNAME --all
- Activate a conda environment
conda activate ENVNAMEThe active environment is shown in parentheses () at the beginning of your command prompt:(ENVNAME) $ - Deactivate current environment
conda deactivate - List all packages in the active environment
conda list - List all packages if the environment is not activated
conda list -n ENVNAME - See if a specific package is installed
conda list -n ENVNAME numpy - Search for a package (version number is optional)
conda search PKGNAME=1.0.4 - Install package (no version number results in the most recent version)
conda install PKGNAME==1.0.4 - To use pip in an environment, run:
conda install -n ENVNAME pip
- Create an
environment.ymlfileconda env export --name ENVNAME > environment.yml - Create a copy/clone of an environment
conda create --clone ENVNAME --name NEWENVNAME
Install Anaconda or miniconda on your system. On Mac you can use homebrew and install miniconda with brew install --cask miniconda.
- Verify installation
conda info - Update conda
conda update -n base conda