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This document provides a cheat sheet on using the conda command line tool to manage environments and packages. It outlines commands for creating and managing environments, installing and updating packages, searching for packages, and configuring conda. Additional resources for support and training from Continuum are also listed.

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Conda Cheatsheet PDF

This document provides a cheat sheet on using the conda command line tool to manage environments and packages. It outlines commands for creating and managing environments, installing and updating packages, searching for packages, and configuring conda. Additional resources for support and training from Continuum are also listed.

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Conda user cheat sheet

Take a conda test drive at bit.ly/tryconda


For full documentation of any command, type the command followed by --help.
conda create --help
TIP: Many options after two dashes (--) have shortcuts.
conda create --help or conda create -h

Managing conda and anaconda


conda info

Verify conda is installed, check version #

conda update conda

Update conda package and environment manager


to current version

conda update anaconda

Update the anaconda meta package (the library of


packages ready to install with conda command)

Managing environments
conda info --envs

or

conda info -e

Get a list of all my environments, active


environment shown with *

conda create --name snowflakes biopython Create an environment and install program(s)
or

conda create -n snowflakes biopython

TIP: To avoid dependency conflicts, install all programs in


the environment (snowflakes) at the same time.
TIP: Environments install by default into the envs directory
see conda create --help for details.

source activate snowflakes (Linux, OS X)


activate snowflakes (Windows)

Activate the new environment to use it


TIP: Activate prepends the path to the snowflakes environment.

conda create -n bunnies python=3.4 astroid Create a new environment, specify Python
version

conda create -n flowers --clone snowflakes Make exact copy of an environment


conda remove -n flowers --all

Delete an environment

conda env export > puppies.yml


conda env create -f puppies.yml

Save current environment to a file


Load environment from a file

conda search --full-name python

Check versions of Python available to install

Managing Python
or

conda search -f python


conda create -n snakes python=3.4
source activate snakes (Linux, OS X)
activate snakes (Windows)

Switch to the new environment that has a


TIP: Activate prepends the path to the snakes environment.

Managing .condarc configuration


conda config --get

Get all keys and values from my .condarc file

conda config --get channels

Get value of the key channels from .condarc file

conda config --add channels pandas

Add a new value to channels so conda looks for


packages in this location

Managing packages, including Python


conda list

View list of packages and versions installed in


active environment

conda search beautiful-soup

Search for a package to see if it is available to


conda install

conda install -n bunnies beautiful-soup

Install a new package

NOTE: If you do not include the name of the new


environment (-n bunnies) it will install in the current
active environment.
TIP: To view list of all packages available through conda
install, visit http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/pkg-docs

conda update beautiful-soup

Update a package in the current environment

conda search --override-channels -c pandas bottleneck Search for a package in a


specific location (the pandas channel on
Anaconda.org)

NOTE: Or go to Anaconda.org in the browser and


search by package name. This will show the specific
channel (owner) through which it is available.

conda install -c pandas bottleneck Install a package from a specific channel


conda search --override-channels -c defaults beautiful-soup

Search for a package


to see if it is available from the Anaconda repository

source activate bunnies (Linux, OS X) Activate the environment where you want to
activate bunnies (Windows)
install a package and install it with pip (included
pip install see
with Anaconda and Miniconda)
conda install iopro accelerate

Install commercial Continuum packages

conda skeleton pypi pyinstrument


conda build pyinstrument

Build a Conda package from a Python Package Index


(PyPI) Package

Remove packages, environments, or channels


conda remove --name bunnies beautiful-soup Remove one package from any named
environment

conda remove beautiful-soup

Remove one package from the active


environment

conda remove --name bunnies beautiful-soup astroid

Remove multiple packages from

any environment

conda remove --name snakes --all

Remove an environment

More resources
Free community support

https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!forum/anaconda

Online documentation

http://conda.pydata.org/docs/

Paid support options

http://continuum.io/support

Continuum onsite training courses

https://www.continuum.io/training

Continuum consulting services

http://continuum.io/consulting/

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