Conda Cheatsheet

conda_cheatsheet.md

Conda Cheatsheet

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🔧 Basic Conda Commands

conda --version         # Show conda version
conda info              # Show system info
conda update conda      # Update conda itself
conda help              # Display help for conda

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📁 Environment Management

Task	Command
Create environment	conda create -n myenv python=3.11
Activate environment	conda activate myenv
Deactivate environment	conda deactivate
Remove environment	conda remove -n myenv --all
List all environments	conda env list or conda info --envs
Clone environment	conda create --name newenv --clone oldenv
Export environment	conda env export > environment.yml
Create from YAML	conda env create -f environment.yml

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📦 Package Management

Task	Command
Search for a package	conda search numpy
Install a package	conda install numpy
Install from specific channel	conda install -c conda-forge pandas
Remove a package	conda remove numpy
Update a package	conda update numpy
List installed packages	conda list

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🌐 Channels

conda config --show channels               # List current channels
conda config --add channels conda-forge    # Add conda-forge channel
conda config --set channel_priority strict # Enforce strict channel priority

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⚙️ Conda Configuration

conda config --show              # Show all config
conda config --edit              # Edit config in default editor
conda config --set auto_activate_base false   # Disable auto-activation of base

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🧹 Cleanup

conda clean --all                # Remove caches, unused packages, etc.
conda clean --packages           # Remove unused cached packages only
conda clean --tarballs           # Remove cached tarballs

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📄 Conda YAML Example

name: myenv
channels:
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - python=3.11
  - numpy
  - pandas
  - pip
  - pip:
      - requests

Use with:

conda env create -f environment.yml