Virtual Environment with Conda

Virtual Environment with Conda#

A virtual environment keeps your tools and packages isolated, ensuring your analysis is reproducible.

✅ Common Commands#

🆕 Create a new environment#

conda create -n geocat -c conda-forge geocat-comp geocat-viz

🚀 Activate the environment#

conda activate geocat

📴 Deactivate the current environment#

conda deactivate

📋 Manage Environments#

🔍 List all environments#

conda env list

This shows all existing environments and highlights the currently active one.

❌ Remove an environment#

conda env remove -n geocat

Make sure you deactivate the environment before removing it.

💡 Tips#

  • Use descriptive environment names based on your project (e.g., pyclm101, gcm_eval).

  • You can export an environment to a YAML file:

conda env export > environment.yml

  • To recreate an environment from a YAML file:

conda env create -f environment.yml

This is useful for sharing your setup with collaborators or for reproducibility.

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