CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonanacondaconda
SCool
SCool

Reputation: 3375

New conda environment installing every package on my computer? How to create a clean environment?

I want to create a fresh conda environment called new-gooey_env.

conda create --name new_gooey_env python=3.7

I get a notification that the following packages will be insatlled:

ca-certificates    pkgs/main/win-64::ca-certificates-2020.6.24-0
  certifi            pkgs/main/win-64::certifi-2020.6.20-py37_0
  openssl            pkgs/main/win-64::openssl-1.1.1g-he774522_1
  pip                pkgs/main/win-64::pip-20.2.2-py37_0
  python             pkgs/main/win-64::python-3.7.7-h81c818b_4
  setuptools         pkgs/main/win-64::setuptools-49.4.0-py37_0
  sqlite             pkgs/main/win-64::sqlite-3.32.3-h2a8f88b_0
  vc                 pkgs/main/win-64::vc-14.1-h0510ff6_4
  vs2015_runtime     pkgs/main/win-64::vs2015_runtime-14.16.27012-hf0eaf9b_3
  wheel              pkgs/main/win-64::wheel-0.34.2-py37_0
  wincertstore       pkgs/main/win-64::wincertstore-0.2-py37_0
  zlib               pkgs/main/win-64::zlib-1.2.11-h62dcd97_4

That's great. I install them and activate my new environment.

conda activate new_gooey_env

Now when I type pip freeze, I can see that basically every package on my computer has been installed into this new environment.

The output of pip freeeze in my new environment is about 100 packages.

How can I create a new environment with just the bare minimum packages?

I have already googled this problem and followed the instructions here, which doesn't work hence the question.

Note when I type conda list I only get the list of packages above.

So is pip freeze command correct? Is there also 100 packages in my new environment?

edit: On Windows.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 506

Answers (1)

Jerry
Jerry

Reputation: 406

Use pip freeze -l . The l stands for local .

pip freeze otherwise acts on all your environments as your virtualenv has global access. That is my best guess.

And no , your new environment doesn't have 100's of packages!

Upvotes: 2

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