Provides the conda env interface to Conda environments.
All of the usage is documented via the --help
flag.
$ conda env --help
usage: conda-env [-h] {create,export,list,remove} ...
positional arguments:
{create,export,list,remove}
create Create an environment based on an environment file
export Export a given environment
list List the Conda environments
remove Remove an environment
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
conda-env allows creating environments using the environment.yml
specification file. This allows you to specify a name, channels to use when creating the environment, and the dependencies. For example, to create an environment named stats
with numpy and pandas create an environment.yml
file with this as the contents:
name: numpy
dependencies:
- numpy
- pandas
Then run this from the command line:
$ conda env create
Fetching package metadata: ...
Solving package specifications: .Linking packages ...
[ COMPLETE ] |#################################################| 100%
#
# To activate this environment, use:
# $ source activate numpy
#
# To deactivate this environment, use:
# $ source deactivate
#
Your output might vary a little bit depending on whether you have the packages in your local package cache.
You can override the name of the created channel by providing either -n
or --name
and a valid environment name. Likewise, you can explicitly provide an environment spec file using -f
or --file
and the name of the file you would like to use.