How to create and activate a conda environment

Create a conda environment

1. Open the terminal and type:

   conda create -n <name> python=3.9 -y
   

   Note that here, I specifically want to install Python 3.9. If you prefer to use the latest version, replace python=3.9 with python=3.

Activate a conda environment

1. To activate the environment, in the terminal type:

   conda activate <name> 
   

2. If you don’t recall the name, type the following to list all your conda environments.

   conda env list 
   

3. To know the Python version that is installed in your environment, type:

    python --version