install both Python and R in a conda environment

Question

I have a conda environment configured for a Python3.6 project. There is a completely unrelated project which requires me to update my system's (base) R version. However, that would break my python project which happens to use some R functionality as well, which would break with the new version of R.

• can I use the same conda environment for both Python and R? How would I modify my current python environment to do that?

• can I integrate my existing (old) R version in the conda environment, and make room on my base system for the new R version?

There was a lot of fidgeting getting the old R version to work because of dependency clashes, so I'd rather not do a ""clean"" reinstall into the conda environment.

Answer 1

You can now do this:

$ conda create --name env_name_py37r36 python=3.7 R=3.6 -y

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