conda Basics

The devcontainer in this repository comes with miniforge plugged in. This lets you use conda commands.

See the conda cheatsheet for quick reference.

Some essential conda commands:

# from terminal/outside a conda env
conda env list # list built environments
conda env create --file PATH/TO/A/FILE # build a conda env from a file
conda env create --file .devcontainer/env-files/mkdocs-env.yml # build a conda env from a file
conda activate ENV-NAME  # activate the environment ENV-NAME

# from inside a conda env (after activating the env)
conda list # lists installed packages in the env
conda env export --no-builds > exported-env.yml # exports all packages in the env
conda env export --from-history  > exported-env.yml # exports the packages that were explicitly installed

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