Minimal installation package for the python package manager [conda], which includes only conda and all its dependencies (in contrast to [anaconda] which is the "enterprise" distibution of conda)
Questions tagged [miniconda]
953 questions
20
votes
3 answers
Why does my batch script stop after activating a new conda env?
This is enough to reproduce the issue:
Save as test.bat
:: Create Conda env
set name=%1
conda create -n %name% python -y
activate %name%
echo "Never gets here"
:: script should continue below...
Run from cmd.
>test.bat…

Jamie Bull
- 12,889
- 15
- 77
- 116
18
votes
1 answer
How to use gcc from anaconda? When I compile files, it complains about not finding system headers like stdio.h
I'm using miniconda to be able to create a portable environment that can can carry it owns dependencies such as GCC within a software application.
I did something some simple like
conda install gcc
conda install libgcc
and tried using conda's gcc…

Mustafa A. Khan III
- 223
- 2
- 9
18
votes
3 answers
Use anaconda environment without activate? (e.g. in Crontab)
Being reading this
http://conda.pydata.org/docs/using/envs.html
Is it possible to run a conda python directly without having to source activate xxx?
In VirtualEnv, you can find the exact location of the python executable and run something like…

est
- 11,429
- 14
- 70
- 118
18
votes
3 answers
How to use conda within cygwin
I have Win 7 with Cygwin installed. The cygwin has its own Python 2.7 interpreter. I have installed Miniconda separately for Win 7 (not for Cygwin, not sure if i have to).
So, the thing is I am able to create a new env from cygwin, and able to…

amulllb
- 3,036
- 7
- 50
- 87
16
votes
0 answers
Install Both Anaconda and Miniconda
This is not a question of whether I should choose Anaconda or Miniconda. I want both.
I want the full featured Anaconda (with Spyder) installed for my script development, but then I want to minimize (without Spyder) a frozen version of my…

slalomchip
- 779
- 2
- 9
- 25
15
votes
3 answers
Conda install takes forever (stuck as SAT solver)
How can I fix problem with conda installer, which takes forever solving huge SAT problems (why do we need to solve them?):
DEBUG conda.common.logic:_run_sat(734): Invoking SAT with clause count: 9661561
DEBUG conda.common.logic:_run_sat(734):…

Stepan Yakovenko
- 8,670
- 28
- 113
- 206
14
votes
14 answers
Virtualenv OSError - setuptools pip wheel failed with error code 1
I get the following error message when trying to set up a virtual environment with virtualenv 15.0.2 but receive OSError setuptools pip wheel failed with error code 1.
New python executable in…

Michael Stokes
- 562
- 1
- 5
- 10
13
votes
3 answers
Miniconda on WSL2 (Ubuntu 20.04) fails with CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED
I am on a WSL2 with Ubuntu and wanted to install Miniconda version 4.9.2.
The installation went effortlessly, but I can now not connect to anaconda to install packages. Also simple commands like conda update conda fail with
Collecting package…

muuh
- 1,013
- 12
- 24
13
votes
2 answers
conda can't update itself
I'm on linux machine with rhel7 and when I tried to install some packages, I got the following message.
Solving environment: failed
CondaValueError: Malformed version string '~': invalid character(s).
Google search suggested to update conda (my…

Shiping
- 1,203
- 2
- 11
- 21
12
votes
1 answer
Install R packages using conda via an environment.yml file
Normally I create conda environments like...
conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate env_name
Normally I work in Python, where a typical environment.yml simple file might looks like this...
name: env_name
dependencies:
- python=3.7
-…

Chris_Rands
- 38,994
- 14
- 83
- 119
12
votes
2 answers
Which version of Miniconda has Python 3.6 for Windows 64-bit?
I'm working on a project which need these deep learning libraries - keras and tensorflow. Unfortunately, these do not work with Python 3.7. Can someone please tell me a Miniconda version (for Windows 64-bit) which has Python 3.6?
I've tried creating…

Vaishnavi Killekar
- 457
- 1
- 8
- 22
11
votes
1 answer
Uninstall Miniconda on MacOS
I would like to uninstall Miniconda from my mac. I wanted to follow these instructions but I didn't find similar folders or files in my home directory. However I found the miniconda3 folder in /opt/. I'm not sure that it is a good idea to delete…

Patrik Szilágyi
- 111
- 1
- 3
11
votes
1 answer
How can I build a python project with osx environment on travis
I am trying to build osx support for a project on Travis. The problem is osx don't ship python virtualenv natively. Here is the issue for that. I have gone through that issue and modified my travis file accordingly. Still my builds are failing with…

Shibasis Patel
- 315
- 2
- 14
10
votes
4 answers
miniconda installation issue on iMac with Apple M1 chip running macOS Big Sur
I am trying to install Miniconda on my new iMac. I have installed Miniconda on an older macOS system before with no problems, but I am having difficulty with this new computer/system.
The computer is an iMac with the Apple M1 chip running macOS Big…

jrw187
- 121
- 1
- 1
- 3
10
votes
2 answers
How can I install two versions of Python on a single Conda Environment?
I need to have a conda environment with two versions of python (3.5.3 and 3.7.1).
Is it possible to have multiple python versions installed in a single conda environment?
And if yes, how can I do so?

Mohamed Ech-Charay
- 103
- 1
- 5