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Anaconda Cheatsheet

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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
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Check if conda is up to date 

conda update conda
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Search for python versions in conda 

conda search "^python$"
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Use conda to create a barebone virtual environment 

conda create -n yourenvname python
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Use conda to create a virtual environment containing most of the popular data science tools 

conda create -n yourenvname python=x.x anaconda
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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
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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]
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Deactivate your conda virtual environment. 

conda deactivate
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List all conda virtual environments 

conda env list
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Delete a no longer needed conda virtual environment 

conda remove -n yourenvname -all
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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%
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To find path of all conda environments 

conda info --envs
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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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