Python 3 - Second Edition

39.2    Virtual Environments in Anaconda

Anaconda also supports the creation and management of virtual environments. This can either be done via the graphical Anaconda Navigator or within a shell, similar to the usage of venv. An Anaconda environment can be created via the conda create command:

$ conda create --name test_environment2  

This command doesn’t create the environment as a folder in the local working directory, but in a central collection of virtual environments organized by Anaconda. Activating and deactivating an environment involves the same semantics as working with venv and is done via conda activate and conda deactivate respectively:

$ conda activate test_environment2$ conda deactivate  

A major advantage of Anaconda is that it ...