condas

Condas may refer informally to multiple Conda environments or installations. Conda is an open-source package management system and environment manager originally developed by Continuum Analytics (later Anaconda, Inc.). It manages packages, dependencies, and environments for multiple languages, most notably Python and R. Conda packages are distributed through channels such as the default channel and community channels like conda-forge. Conda enables isolation of project dependencies by creating separate environments, allowing different projects to require different package versions on the same system.

Conda works across Linux, macOS, and Windows. The core concepts include environments, packages, channels, and the conda command-line tool. Users create a new environment with conda create -n envname package, activate it with conda activate envname, and install or update packages within that environment. Environments can be exported to YAML files for reproducibility, enabling others to recreate the same setup with conda env create -f environment.yml. Conda also includes conda list to show installed packages and conda env export to capture the environment's state.

Conda distributions include Anaconda, a large distribution bundled with many scientific packages, and Miniconda, a minimal installer that adds only the Conda system. Conda-forge is a widely used community-maintained channel that provides many packages not in the defaults. While powerful, Conda can be slower in dependency resolution compared with some alternatives; projects sometimes use the faster resolver or pair Conda with mamba, a drop-in replacement.

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