Gavin Wiggins

Conda Environments

Published on June 15, 2023
Tagged with python, conda

Similar to Python's venv module, Conda can also create virtual environments but these environments support languages other than Python.

# Create a Python environment named `myenv`, can also use `-n` for `--name`
$ conda create --name myenv python

# Activate the `myenv` environment
$ conda activate myenv

# Command prompt for the activated environment
(myenv) $

# Deactivate the current environment
(myenv) $ conda deactivate

# Remove an environment named `myenv`, can also use `-n` for `--name`
$ conda env remove --name myenv

# Create an environment using a config file
$ conda env create --file environment.yml

If you want to run a single command using a conda environment (but don't want to activate the environment first), you can use conda run as shown below:

# Run a command in an environment without activating the environment first
$ conda run -n myenv python --version