Conda is a powerful package management and environment management tool for Python

and other languages. Here’s a comprehensive list of commonly used **Conda

commands** along with examples:

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### 1. **Install Conda**

- Install Miniconda or Anaconda from their respective websites:
- Miniconda:
[https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/
miniconda.html)
- Anaconda:
[https://www.anaconda.com/products/distribution](https://www.anaconda.com/
products/distribution)

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### 2. **Basic Information Commands**

| Command | Description |
Example |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------
---------------------------------------|
| `conda --version` | Check Conda version | `$
conda --version` |
| `conda info` | Display general Conda information | `$
conda info` |
| `conda list` | List all installed packages | `$
conda list` |

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### 3. **Working with Environments**

| Command | Description
| Example |
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
---------|----------------------------------------------|
| `conda create --name ENV_NAME` | Create a new environment
| `$ conda create --name my_env` |
| `conda create -n ENV_NAME PKG_NAME` | Create environment with specific package(s)
| `$ conda create -n my_env numpy pandas` |
| `conda env list` | List all environments
| `$ conda env list` |
| `conda activate ENV_NAME` | Activate an environment
| `$ conda activate my_env` |
| `conda deactivate` | Deactivate the current environment
| `$ conda deactivate` |
| `conda remove --name ENV_NAME --all`| Remove an environment
| `$ conda remove --name my_env --all` |

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### 4. **Managing Packages**

| Command | Description
| Example |
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------
--------|--------------------------------------------|
| `conda install PKG_NAME` | Install a package
| `$ conda install numpy` |
| `conda install PKG_NAME=VERSION` | Install a specific package version
| `$ conda install numpy=1.21.0` |
| `conda install -c CHANNEL_NAME PKG_NAME` | Install a package from a specific
channel | `$ conda install -c conda-forge matplotlib`|
| `conda update PKG_NAME` | Update a package
| `$ conda update scipy` |
| `conda update conda` | Update Conda
| `$ conda update conda` |
| `conda uninstall PKG_NAME` | Uninstall a package
| `$ conda uninstall pandas` |

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### 5. **Cloning an Environment**

| Command | Description |
Example |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----
--------------------------------------|
| `conda create --name NEW_ENV --clone OLD_ENV` | Clone an existing environment
| `$ conda create --name new_env --clone old_env` |

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### 6. **Exporting and Importing Environments**

| Command | Description
| Example |
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------
---|-------------------------------------------|
| `conda env export > env.yml` | Export current environment to a YAML
file | `$ conda env export > my_env.yml` |
| `conda env create -f env.yml` | Create an environment from a YAML file
| `$ conda env create -f my_env.yml` |

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### 7. **Searching for Packages**

| Command | Description | Example
|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|--------------
----------------------------|
| `conda search PKG_NAME` | Search for a package | `$ conda
search matplotlib` |

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### 8. **Cleaning Up**

| Command | Description |
Example |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------
------------------------------------|
| `conda clean --all` | Remove unused packages and cache files | `$
conda clean --all` |

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### 9. **Working with Channels**

| Command | Description
| Example |
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------
-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
| `conda config --show channels` | Show the list of configured
channels | `$ conda config --show channels` |
| `conda config --add channels CHANNEL_NAME` | Add a new channel
| `$ conda config --add channels conda-forge`|
| `conda config --remove channels CHANNEL_NAME` | Remove a channel
| `$ conda config --remove channels conda-forge`|

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### 10. **Environment Backup**

- **Create a backup of all environments:**
```bash
$ conda list --explicit > spec-file.txt
```
- **Restore from the backup:**
```bash
$ conda create --name ENV_NAME --file spec-file.txt
```

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### Example Workflow

1. Create a new environment and install packages:
```bash
conda create --name data_env numpy pandas matplotlib
```
2. Activate the environment:
```bash
conda activate data_env
```
3. Install additional packages:
```bash
conda install seaborn
```
4. Export the environment:
```bash
conda env export > data_env.yml
```
5. Deactivate and remove the environment:
```bash
conda deactivate
conda remove --name data_env --all
```

This cheat sheet provides all key commands to work efficiently with Conda.