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mamba — Fast, cross-platform package manager, intended as a drop-in replacement for conda. Some subcommands

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Problem

How to use the mamba command: Fast, cross-platform package manager, intended as a drop-in replacement for conda. Some subcommands such as repoquery have their own usage documentation. See also: conda. More information: <https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/mamba.html>.

Solution

mamba — Fast, cross-platform package manager, intended as a drop-in replacement for conda. Some subcommands such as repoquery have their own usage documentation. See also: conda. More information: <https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/mamba.html>.

Create a new environment, installing the specified packages into it:

mamba create {{[-n|--name]}} {{environment_name}} {{python=3.10 matplotlib}}

Install packages into the current environment, specifying the package channel:

mamba install {{[-c|--channel]}} {{conda-forge}} {{python=3.6 numpy}}

Update all packages in the current environment:

mamba update {{[-a|--all]}}

Search for a specific package across repositories:

mamba repoquery search {{numpy}}

List all environments:

mamba info {{[-e|--envs]}}

Remove unused packages and tarballs from the cache:

mamba clean {{[-pt|--packages --tarballs]}}

Activate an environment:

mamba activate {{environment_name}}

List all installed packages in the currently activated environment:

mamba list

Code Snippets

Create a new environment, installing the specified packages into it

mamba create {{[-n|--name]}} {{environment_name}} {{python=3.10 matplotlib}}

Install packages into the current environment, specifying the package channel

mamba install {{[-c|--channel]}} {{conda-forge}} {{python=3.6 numpy}}

Update all packages in the current environment

mamba update {{[-a|--all]}}

Search for a specific package across repositories

mamba repoquery search {{numpy}}

List all environments

mamba info {{[-e|--envs]}}

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