Some popular and basic conda commands

conda-cheatsheet-2022.md

CONDA CHEAT SHEET

This GIST presents some basic commands to work with Anaconda Terminal.

Basic commands

• conda info --- Verify whether conda is installed, if yes, print all information about the installed conda such as Python version, conda version, env location
• conda update conda --- Update conda to the latest version
• conda install PACKAGENAME --- Install a package which is made available on Anaconda repository
• pip install PACKAGENAME --- Install a package directly from PyPI
• conda update PACKAGENAME --- Update an installed package
• conda remove --name PACKAGENAME1 [PACKAGENAME2] --- Remove one or more packages
• conda clean --all --- Clean conda cache and unused packages
• anaconda-navigator --- Open Anaconda Navigator from terminal

Working with environments

• conda create --name mypy39 python=3.9 --- Create an environment named mypy39 based on Python 3.9
• conda create --clone mypy39 --name mypy39-2 --- Clone an environment (mypy39) to a new one (mypy39-2)
• conda env list --- Return a list of environments where the current active environment is marked with * (an asterisk symbol)
• source activate mypy39 --- Activate an environment on macOS and Linux
• activate mypy39 --- Activate an environment on Windows
• conda deactivate --- Deactivate the current active environment
• conda list --- List all packages installed in an active environment
• conda remove -n ENVNAME --all --- Delete a Conda environment and all of its packages