Master the basics of Conda environments in Python

Master the basics of conda environments in Python: create environments (from command-line and YAML files), get information on them, activate and deactivate, install extra packages, export environments into YAML for reproducibility. Conda is our favorite open-source package management and environment management system. It runs in Windows, macOS and Linux and allows users to easily install different versions of packages and libraries and switch between them.

[amirshadmehr]

BEST tutorial ever. I had a hard time figuring out how to work with conda until watching this video. Thank you so much.

[Patiencelad]

Erick. Thanks so much! This was a VERY helpful video and instructions, especially on the use of YML files. I plan to use what you taught today!

[Rishu_Dakshin]

Your explaination over the topic is very clear. Thanks for the video and your hardwork. Appreciated😃😀

[kavyajeetbora]

Thanks for the video. Now my confusion on conda virtual environments is cleared.

[stephanie_ong]

Thanks! I am new to Python environments and this tutorial helped me create one based on a Git repo I forked.

[RyanPu-jsgl]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing this. One question: where are we supposed to find those yml files we wrote out. Can you give an example? Maybe the root folder of the Conda env? Thanks.

[tyswenson]

Great explanations. Enticing to use Anaconda more.

[joshuantw]

Hi may I ask what is less? You used it to view the environment.yml file

[AFCAjaxO]

great vid. I have a problem - when trying to load an environment I have installed it tells me that it could not find the encironment. even though while doing conda info --envs I see the same name..

[williamgomez]

Perfectly explained¡ I really apreciate it so much¡

[chaihanya]

when I use the command less test.yml, it says that
less : The term 'less' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet,
function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the
name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
can u help me out with this?

[jeroen]

My conda environment has pip installed but when I use the pip command (inside the conda environment) to install a package its installed inside my root instead of the environment. The command "which -a pip" shows me the path /usr/bin/pip and /bin/pip, but not the pip inside my conda environment. I tried adding the pip from my conda environment to my WSL2 PATH, but that doesn't work either. What do I do? How do I get pip to install my packages inside my conda environment?

[juleswombat]

Nice. I also prefer use Conda environment to native python virtual environment. I learn't a bit about yaml based Conda environment create package lists.
Albeit I do get a little confused about any differences between Conda install packahes and Pip installed packages. They appear slightly different in Anaconda Navigator listing. I guess as they are sourced from different repositories.

[VishwasShukla]

what would be the difference between packages under dependencies and packages under pip?

[theyb]

I wish you've made this video couple of years ago) - would save me a lot of time if i'd stumble upon it earlier. But, at least now i know

[karinamatos]

How did you get out after the less environment.yml command? I can't go back.

[ludovikc]

How do I code after setting things up. I have every library I need but no way to code using those libraries

[QScientist]

Thanks for the video. Question: if I update python version by creating new env, how I can add all the packages from old version but newer? So, maybe it can be done with creating yml file without explicit specifying version of libs? Instead numpy=0.25 just numpy? How to create this file?

[Mahankalinikhil]

How can I do this in Windows Powershell instead of conda prompt?

[SaranyaS-yvud]

I am getting Invalid archive error, and no such file or directory error, someone pls help