CONDA CHEAT SHEET - Command Line Package and Environment Manager - Learn to Use conda in 30 Minutes

Q: How can I create and activate a new conda environment with a specific Python version?

Create the environment with conda create --name python= , then activate it using WINDOWS: activate or LINUX/macOS: source activate .

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CONDA CHEAT SHEET provides a concise command-reference guide for using conda as a command-line package and environment manager. It covers installation and version verification, updating conda and packages, searching and listing packages, and accessing command help. It also explains common environment workflows: creating, cloning, listing, activating, deactivating, exporting to a text file, restoring from revisions, and removing environments. Additional sections describe installing/updating packages across channels and managing multiple Python versions and version constraints.

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Conda basics

Verify conda and update it

Install, run, and update packages

Command line help

Environments

Create, activate, list, and delete environments

Clone and manage revisions

Export/import environments

Finding conda packages

Installing and updating packages

Managing multiple versions of Python

Switch environments for different Python versions

Specify package version numbers

CONDA CHEAT SHEET Command line package and environment manager Learn to use conda in 30 minutes [at](at bit.ly/tryconda)[ bit.ly/tryconda](at bit.ly/tryconda) Conda basics Verify conda is installed, check version number TIP: Anaconda Navigator is a graphical interface to use conda. Double-click the Navigator icon on your desktop or in a Terminal or atthe Anaconda prompt, type anaconda-navigator conda info | Update conda to the current version | conda update conda | | | --- | --- | --- | | Install a package included in Anaconda | conda install PACKAGENAME | | | Run a package after install, example Spyder* | spyder | | | Update any installed program | conda update PACKAGENAME | | | Command line help | COMMANDNAME --help
conda install --help | | | *Must be installed and have a deployable command,
usually PACKAGENAME | | | | Using environments | | | | Create a new environment named py35, install Python 3.5 | | conda create - -name py35 python=3 .5 | | Activate the new environment to use it | | WINDOWS: activate py35
LINUX, macOS: source activate py35 | | Get a list of all my environments, active
environment is shown with * | | conda env list | | Make exact copy of an environment | | conda create - -clone py35 - -name py35-2 | | List all packages and versions installed in active environment | | conda list | | List the history of each change to the current environment | | conda list - -revisions | | Restore environment to a previous revision | | conda install - -revision 2 | | Save environment to a text ﬁle | | conda list --explicit > bio-env .txt | | Delete an environment and everything in it | | conda env remove - -name bio-env | | Deactivate the current environment | | WINDOWS: deactivate
macOS, LINUX: source deactivate | | Create environment from a text ﬁle | | conda env create --file bio-env .txt | | Stack commands: create a new environment, name it bio-env and install the biopython package | | conda create - -name bio-env biopython | | Finding conda packages | | | | Use conda to search for a package | conda search PACKAGENAME | | | See list of all packages in Anaconda | [https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/packages/pkg-docs](https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/packages/pkg-docs) | | CONTINUED ON BACK → | Installing and updating packages | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Install a new package (Jupyter Notebook)
in the active environment | conda install jupyter | | | Run an installed package (Jupyter Notebook) | jupyter-notebook | | | Install a new package (toolz) in a different environment (bio-env) | conda install - -name bio-env toolz | | | Update a package in the current environment | conda update scikit-learn | | | Install a package (boltons) from a speciﬁc channel (conda-forge) | conda install --channel conda-forge
boltons | | | Install a package directly from PyPI into the current active environment using pip | pip install boltons | | | Remove one or more packages (toolz, boltons) from a speciﬁc environment (bio-env) | conda remove - -name bio-env toolz boltons | | | Managing multiple versions of Python | | | | Install different version of Python in
a new environment named py34 | conda create - -name py34 python=3 .4 | | | Switch to the new environment that has
a different version of Python | Windows: activate py34
Linux, macOS: source activate py34 | | | Show the locations of all versions of Python that are | Windows: where python | | | currently in the path | Linux, | macOS: which -a python | | NOTE: The ﬁrst version of Python in the list will be executed. | | | | Show version information for the current active Python | python | - -version | | Specifying version numbers | | | Ways to specify a package version number for use with conda create or conda install commands, and in meta.yaml ﬁles. Constraint type Fuzzy Exact Greater than or equal to OR AND Specification numpy=1 .11 numpy==1 .11 "numpy>=1 .11" "numpy=1 .11 .1

FAQs

How do I verify that conda is installed and check its version?

Run the conda info command to verify conda installation and view version information.

How can I create and activate a new conda environment with a specific Python version?

Create the environment with conda create --name python=, then activate it using WINDOWS: activate or LINUX/macOS: source activate .

What commands help manage environments, such as cloning, exporting, and removing?

Clone an environment with conda create --clone --name , export with conda list --explicit > .txt, and remove with conda env remove --name .

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