Conda version pip install -r requirements.txt --target ./lib

Question

What is the conda version of this?

pip install -r requirements.txt --target ./lib 

I've found these commands:

while read requirement; do conda install --yes $requirement; done < requirements.txt 

But it doesn't tell how to specify --target ./lib

Answer 1

You can run conda install --file requirements.txt instead of the loop, but there is no target directory in conda install. conda install installs a list of packages into a specified conda environment.

Answer 2

To create an environment named py37 with python 3.7, using the channel conda-forge and a list of packages:

conda create -y --name py37 python=3.7 conda install --force-reinstall -y -q --name py37 -c conda-forge --file requirements.txt conda activate py37 ... conda deactivate 

Flags explained:

• -y: Yes, do not ask for confirmation.
• --force-reinstall: Install the package even if it already exists.
• -q: Quiet, do not display progress bar.
• -c: Channels, additional channels to search for packages. These are URLs searched in the order

Alternatively you can create an environment.yml file instead of requirements.txt:

name: py37 channels:   - conda-forge dependencies:   - python=3.7   - numpy=1.9.*   - pandas 

Use these commands to create and activate the conda environment based on the specifications in the Yaml file:

conda env create --file environment.yml conda activate py37 

Use this command to list the environments you have:

conda info --envs 

Use this command to remove the environment:

conda env remove --name py37 

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