Anaconda environments

What does "conda env export" do?

Writes all the packages in an environment, including the Python version

Enter an anaconda environment

activate env_name

What command would you use to create an environment named data installed with Python 3.5, numpy, and pandas?

conda create -n data python=3.5 numpy pandas

Command to create an environment with a specific version of Python

conda create -n env_name python=#.#

What's the command to load an Anaconda environment?

conda env create -f env_name.yaml

How do you export an Anaconda environment so someone else can load it?

conda env export > env_name.yaml

What's the command to list out the environments you've created?

conda env list

What's the command to remove environments?

conda env remove -n env_name

Display packages installed in an environment

conda list

Why might you want to use environments?

To manage/write/use code created in different versions of Python