Install Packages¶
EZconda will keep track of the packages you install in your environment and update the environment specifications file and lock file accordingly.
Install packages¶
$ ezconda install -n new-proj numpy pandas
// Installs numpy, pandas
🚀 Installed packages in new-proj
// Updates environment specifications
💾 Updated specifications to 'new-proj.yml'
// Updates lock file with new packages
🔒 Lock file updated
⭐ Done!
Note
The -n or --name flag is required while installing packages. This is a design decision to encourage best practices.
If not provided, ezconda will prompt you to enter the environment name to install the package.
The new packages will be reflected in environment specification file - new-proj.yml.
name: new-proj
channels:
- defaults
dependencies:
- numpy
- pandas
Note
The specifications file only contains the packages listed on the command line and not their dependencies.
The environment specifications file only contains the specifications provided by the user. A complete environment description is contained in the lock file.
For instance, numpy depends on libopenblas but libopenblas is not listed in the dependencies section of new-proj.yml above.
However, the lock file contains libopenblas and all other dependencies of numpy as well as pandas.
Check it:
[[packages]]
...
dist_name = "libopenblas-0.3.13-hf4835c0_1"
name = "libopenblas"
[[packages]]
...
dist_name = "numpy-1.21.2-py39h6fc94f6_0"
name = "numpy"
[[packages]]
...
dist_name = "numpy-base-1.21.2-py39h6ba5a95_0"
name = "numpy-base"
...
Tip
You can learn more about these differences and lock file here.
From specific channel¶
To install packages from a specific channel, pass the -c or --channel flag with the channel name.
$ ezconda install -n new-proj -c conda-forge numpy pandas
// Installs numpy, pandas from conda-forge channel
name: new-proj
channels:
- conda-forge
- defaults
dependencies:
- numpy
- pandas