Lock File for Any Environment

Having a lock file is required for re-creating exact environments. EZconda will generate and update environment lock file by default.

However, if you have an existing conda environment, you can use the lock command to generate a lock file for it.

Lock Any Environment

Let's say you have an existing conda environment named chem-ml.

You can generate a lock file by providing --name/-n:

$ ezconda lock -n chem-ml

// Generates a lock file from existing `chem-ml` conda environment

Info

Lock files are platform specific as different platforms have different dependencies for certain packages. For information, see discussion here.

Recreate Environment

Now, you can use create command to re-create the environment using lock file. See create command for more information on creating environments.

$ ezconda create -n new-env --file chem-ml.lock

// Creates new environment 'new-env' from 'chem-ml.lock' file

Note

Creating environments from lock file only work for the system/platform for which the lock file was generated.

To understand why, check out platform specific lock files.