Conda Cheat Sheet

Check conda version

Update conda to latest version

Update all packages in Anaconda distribution

Show all conda configuration

Disable auto-activation of base environment

Add conda-forge channel

Show configured channels

Set strict channel priority

Initialize conda for bash shell

Initialize conda for PowerShell

Create a new empty environment

Create environment with specific Python version

Create environment with multiple packages

Clone an existing environment

Activate an environment

Deactivate current environment

List all environments

List all environments (alternative)

Delete an environment completely

Rename an environment (conda ≥23.9)

Create environment at a specific path

Install a package in active environment

Install a specific version

Install package into a specific environment

Install from conda-forge channel

Install packages from a requirements file

Install a pip package inside conda env

Use when package is not on conda

Install from a specific channel (new syntax)

List all packages in active environment

List packages in a specific environment

Export package list to a file

Update a specific package

Update all packages in the environment

Remove a package

Remove a package from a specific environment

Search for a package

Search in conda-forge channel

Show detailed info about a package

Export environment to YAML (exact)

Export only explicitly installed packages

Create environment from YAML file

Update environment from YAML and remove extras

Export spec list (conda only)

Create environment from spec file

Pack environment for offline transfer

Requires conda-pack

Add conda-forge as a channel

Remove a channel

Show current channel list

Set strict channel priority

Set flexible channel priority

Install from PyTorch channel

Install from NVIDIA channel

Show conda system information

Show environment locations

Show info about an installed package

Check for environment issues (conda ≥23.3)

Show history of changes in environment

Roll back to a specific revision

Describe all available config options

Remove all cached packages and tarballs

Remove unused cached packages

Remove cached package tarballs

Remove cached channel index

Remove lock files

Completely remove an environment

Ensure pip is installed in conda env

Install a pip-only package

List pip-installed packages

Export pip packages to requirements.txt

Install from pip requirements file

Show packages installed via pip

pypi channel indicates pip-installed

Install mamba (faster conda)

Create environment with mamba

Install packages with mamba (faster)

Update all packages with mamba

Export environment with mamba

Clean cache with mamba

Install JupyterLab

Install IPython kernel

Register conda env as Jupyter kernel

List all Jupyter kernels

Remove a Jupyter kernel

Launch JupyterLab

Create environment using only cached packages

Install without changing existing packages

Add channel for current env only

Create environment for a specific platform

Run a command in an env without activating

Compare env with a YAML file (conda ≥23.1)

Set environment variable in conda env

List env variables set in conda env

Build a conda package from a recipe

Requires conda-build

Convert package to all platforms

Requires conda-build