Is there anyway to save Google colab environment to somewhere and reuse it?

Question

I've tried virtualenv and conda, it was successfully installed but I cannot active the virtual environment. Then I think about saving Colab environment (I mean installed libraries) to somewhere, maybe Google Drive then I can reuse it.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

You can add a directory in GDrive to PYTHONPATH, e.g. /content/drive/My Drive/Colab Notebooks/

Then Python will search for an installed library there. You still need to mount to GDrive every time, though.

Answer 2

For the questioner and for whom reached here because of the same issue,

A good answer was posted after this question : How do I install a library permanently in Colab?

It uses the way you install libraries into your Google Drive.