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Da Nickste
Da Nickste

Reputation: 63

How to fix: Conda activation is not working?

installed Python 3.7.3 and Anaconda and tried to activate it in the Anaconda Prompt.

activate %PATH%

but i get the error 

activate does not accept more than one argument

What can I do about it ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9669

Answers (5)

Anson Dai
Anson Dai

Reputation: 1

On windows, use activate xxx instead of conda activate xxx.

Upvotes: -1

Konstantinos Roditakis
Konstantinos Roditakis

Reputation: 605

If you use Linux you can start conda with command (assuming that conda was installed @ ~/miniconda3/)

source ~/miniconda3/bin/activate
or
source [conda_install_path]/bin/activate 
or
source [conda_install_path]/bin/activate base

By default, (base) virtual environment is loaded. You can switch to a different environment by

conda activate [env_name]

A sorter path is to type directly

source [conda_install_path]/bin/activate [env_name]

As usual, you can avoid re-typing activation commands every time by augmenting the .bash_rc script

Upvotes: 0

Tenzin Namdhak
Tenzin Namdhak

Reputation: 1

yes writing your argument in a closed quote worked for me if there is a space in between characters. So here's what I did with my issue:

>>> conda activate "C:\Users\Name\Desktop\sample_project_1\env"

Upvotes: 0

Uzzal Podder
Uzzal Podder

Reputation: 3215

If you have space in path, please try this

activate "C:\Users\USER\New Project\"

Generally you have to specify the conda env full path. enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Finomnis
Finomnis

Reputation: 22818

I think you didn't quite understand how conda works.

In conda, you need to first create your own environment. In this case, let's call it my_env.

conda create -n my_env python

Then, you can activate that environment with

conda activate my_env

Also, pay attention that the conda precedes the activate, using activate directly is obsolete.

Upvotes: 1

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