Why are packages installed rather than just linked to a specific environment?

Conda already does this. However, because it leverages hardlinks, it is easy to overestimate the space really being used, especially if one only looks at the size of a single env at a time. To illustrate the case, let’s use du to inspect the real disk usage. First, if I count each environment directory individually, … Read more

After conda update, python kernel crashes when matplotlib is used

Update 2021-11-06 The default pkgs/main channel for conda has reverted to using freetype 2.10.4 for Windows, per main / packages / freetype. If you are still experiencing the issue, use conda list freetype to check the version: freetype != 2.11.0 If it is 2.11.0, then change the version per the solution, or conda update –all … Read more

Conda environments not showing up in Jupyter Notebook

I don’t think the other answers are working any more, as conda stopped automatically setting environments up as jupyter kernels. You need to manually add kernels for each environment in the following way: source activate myenv python -m ipykernel install –user –name myenv –display-name “Python (myenv)” As documented here:http://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install/kernel_install.html#kernels-for-different-environments Also see this issue. Addendum: You … Read more