Anaconda Basic Commands for linux

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Anaconda Commands

1. Managing Environments

Refer official docs [https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html]

Simplified: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-need-python-environments-and-how-to-manage-them-with-conda-85f155f4353c

Help

conda create --help

Creating Environment

To create an environment:

conda create --name myenv

To create an environment with a specific version of Python:

conda create -n myenv python=3.4

To create an environment with a specific package:

conda create -n myenv scipy

or,

conda create -n myenv python
conda install -n myenv scipy

or,

conda create -n myenv python=3.4 scipy=0.15.0 astroid babel

If you do not want the default packages installed in a particular environment, use the --no-default-packages flag:

conda create --no-default-packages -n myenv python

Creating an environment from an environment.yml file

conda env create -f environment.yml

Cloning an environment

conda create --name myclone --clone myenv

List of all environment

conda info --envs

or,

conda env list

Activating an environment:

source activate myenv

Deactivating an environment

source deactivate

Viewing a list of the packages in an environme

conda list -n myenv

or, if environment is activated

conda list

Removing an environment

conda remove --name myenv --all

or,

conda env remove --name myenv

Managing in requirements.txt

To create a requirements.txt file:

conda list #Gives you list of packages used for the environment

conda list -e > requirements.txt #Save all the info about packages to your folder

To export environment file

activate <environment-name>
conda env export > <environment-name>.yml

For other person to use the environment

conda env create -f <environment-name>.yml

To add and install package from different channel

conda config --add channels conda-forge 
conda install <package-name>

or, just install package

conda install -c <channel-name> <package-name>