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salhin
salhin

Reputation: 2654

Switching between Anaconda and Anaconda3 when creating environments

I have Anaconda and Anaconda3 on my mac. I understand that Anaconda is for python 2 and Anaconda3 is for python3 (correct me if I am wrong).

I am developing in python3 but when creating environments, they go to /anaconda/envs/ not /anaconda3/envs/. How to switch to anaconda3 when creating environments?

You may be in the mood to extend your answer to cover the following:

1- What are The implication of having both anaconda's in my machine. Do I need to use Anaconda when developing on python2 and Anaconda3 when developing in python3?

2- Will it make a difference if I create environments in anaconda and specify python3 when creating them.

3- Why they are located in two different locations on mac (Anaconda is located in Machintosh HD while Anaconda3 is located in `Users/username/')

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1044

Answers (1)

ally-e
ally-e

Reputation: 1585

Your Anaconda directory, whether it is version 2.x or 3.x, is named during installation and does not need to reflect the version. I suggest uninstalling whatever version you use less and rely on environments instead.

You can create a Python 2.7 environment with Anaconda like this:

conda create --name py27 python=2.7 anaconda

Upvotes: 3

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