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Vijay Pratap Singh
Vijay Pratap Singh

Reputation: 53

What is Meaning of this command 'conda config --set auto_activate_base False or True' for anaconda in linux

I installed anaconda on my Linux system while installing it asked for conda config --set auto_activate_base False or True setting. If I set conda config --set auto_activate_base True it add base() (base) vijay@vijay-HP-Notebook:~$ before username in terminal and if set conda config --set auto_activate_base False it removes the base(). What is actual meaning of this. Should I set it to True or False.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5826

Answers (1)

cel
cel

Reputation: 31349

When you install the anaconda or miniconda scientific python distribution, you install a special isolated environment with preinstalled python interpreter and other packages (e.g. the package/environment manager conda and others). This isolated environment is called the base environment.

When auto_activate_base is true the base environment is activated automatically whenever you start a new shell. This means that the anaconda's or miniconda's python interpreter is your new default python interpreter and all tools installed into the base environment are automatically available in the shell.

If you do not want this behavior (e.g. you would like to use the system's python interpreter by default) you can set auto_activate_base to false. You can then manually switch to the base environment by typing conda activate base.

Upvotes: 8

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