Conda Basics

It is recommended to create a new environment for each project and leave the base environment untouched.

In the following, we assume the environment name is cs101.

Install miniforge

See Miniforge for more information.

For Linux and macOS:

curl -L -O "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/latest/download/Miniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh"
bash Miniforge3-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh

Prevent conda from activating the base environment automatically

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

Add Miniforge to VS Code

Add the following lines to settings.json:

"python.condaPath": "~/miniforge/condabin/conda",
"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "~/miniforge/envs/cs101/bin/python",

Create a New Environment

conda create -n cs101

Activate an Environment

conda activate cs101

Install common packages for scientific computing

conda install -y numpy matplotlib scipy pandas sympy jupyterlab ipykernel ipywidgets pytest numba plotly

Use pip to install packages not available in Anaconda

pip install rocket-fft

Install local modules/packages

pip install -e .

In this way, the package will be installed in the current environment and the changes will be reflected immediately.

Deactivate an Environment

conda deactivate

List All Environments

conda env list

Remove an Environment

conda remove -n cs101 --all