Anaconda vs. miniconda

Conda is the package manager (e.g. conda list displays all installed packages in the environment), whereas Anaconda and Miniconda are distributions
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45421163/anaconda-vs-miniconda

Installation

https://docs.anaconda.com/free/miniconda/

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash

Usage

First create a specific environment for conda

conda create -y --name tensorflow python=3.6

Then activate this environment before installing packages!

conda activate tensorflow

Make sure to switch to the according conda environment before installing packages!

List all environments and locations

conda info --envs

Delete environment by name

conda remove -n ENVNAME --all

Install environment from yml file

conda env create -f environment.yml

Rename environment

conda rename -n ENVNAME NEWENVNAME

cheatsheet at
https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/concepts/index.html
https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/cheatsheet.html

where does miniconda store the python packages?

When the environment is set to (base),
and miniconda is installed in ~/miniconda
and the used python version is 3.11
then for example
numpy is installed in

~/miniconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/numpy

Conda and bash

If you'd prefer that conda's base environment not be activated on startup, run the following command when conda is activated:

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

This does not modify .bashrc.

Remove miniconda:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29596350/how-to-uninstall-mini-conda-python
Use the answer that starts with
"The proper way to fully uninstall conda (Anaconda / Miniconda):"

conda activate your_conda_env_name conda install anaconda-clean anaconda-clean # add `--yes` to avoid being prompted to delete each one

rm -rf ~/miniconda3

Edit ~/.bashrc
Remove the section that conda added

rm -rf ~/.anaconda_backup

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https://github.com/mintty/wsltty/issues/212

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