What is anaconda?

Anaconda is a python package manager and it is really amazing, it is popular because it brings many of the tools used in data science and machine learning with just one install.

In a previous article I talked about how to create a virtual environment using anaconda, you can check it out here. 🐍

In this article, I will list out some of the important anaconda commands. Let's jump right in.

Here on out I will use conda to refer to anaconda

Check if conda is installed and in your PATH if not install from here

conda -V

Check if conda is up to date

conda update conda

Search for python versions in conda

conda search "^python$"

Use conda to create a barebone virtual environment

conda create -n yourenvname python

Use conda to create a virtual environment containing most of the popular data science tools

conda create -n yourenvname python=x.x anaconda

Activate your virtual environment in conda

# if you are using a UNIX operating system like ubuntu
source activate *yourenvname*

# if you are using windows
conda activate yourenvname

Install additional Python packages to a conda virtual environment.

Failure to specify “-n yourenvname” will install the package to the root Python installation.

conda install -n yourenvname [package]

Deactivate your conda virtual environment.

conda deactivate

List all conda virtual environments

conda env list

Delete a no longer needed conda virtual environment

conda remove -n yourenvname -all

Find where your conda virtual environment is stored

Before running the below code, make sure you activated your virtual environment

# on MacOS/Linux:
echo $CONDA_PREFIX

# on Windows:
echo %CONDA_PREFIX%

To find path of all conda environments

conda info --envs

That's it, thanks for reading, if you have some code to share please share in the comment section I will add it to the above list.

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