updating-environments.md

Updating Environments

You will occasionally have to update your environment, either due to updates in projects or the development of new projects. You can do this using Anaconda Navigator or Terminal.

⚠️ If you are updating the universal environment, make sure to have a up-to-date version of this repo cloned on your machine (this is where you'll find the universal-environment.yml file)

⚠️ If you're working with a project-level environment. Make sure you have the most up-to-date version of that project on your machine (i.e. you've "Fetched Origin" on GitHub Desktop)

Anaconda Navigator

Removing the OLD environment

1. In Anaconda -> Environments
2. Select the environment to remove (same as project-name)
3. Select Remove
4. Confirm

Importing the NEW environment

1. Open Anaconda Navigator application
2. Click on Environments (left panel)
3. Click on Import (bottom)
4. A small window will open, navigate to and select the environment.yml you need
   • ⚠️ If you are setting up the universal environment, it will be located where you cloned the instructions-and-other-templates project and will be called universal-environment.yml

Terminal

1. $ conda remove {environment-name}
2. $ conda env create -f {path/to/environment.yml}