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conda activate — Activate a conda environment. See also: `conda deactivate`. More information: <https://docs.conda.io

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Problem

How to use the conda activate command: Activate a conda environment. See also: conda deactivate. More information: <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/dev-guide/deep-dives/activation.html>.

Solution

conda activate — Activate a conda environment. See also: conda deactivate. More information: <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/dev-guide/deep-dives/activation.html>.

Activate an existing environment named myenv:

conda activate myenv

Activate an existing environment located at custom path:

conda activate {{path/to/myenv}}

Stack myenv environment on top of a previous environment making libraries/commands/variables from both accessible:

conda activate --stack myenv

Start a clean environment myenv without stacking it making previous environment libraries/commands/variables not accessible:

conda activate --no-stack myenv

Display help:

conda activate {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Activate an existing environment named `myenv`

conda activate myenv

Activate an existing environment located at custom path

conda activate {{path/to/myenv}}

Stack `myenv` environment on top of a previous environment making libraries/commands/variables from both accessible

conda activate --stack myenv

Start a clean environment `myenv` without stacking it making previous environment libraries/commands/variables not accessible

conda activate --no-stack myenv

Display help

conda activate {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/conda activate

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