Conda and Mamba

Both the miniconda3 and minforge modules include only conda, python, and a few other packages. Only the miniforge module provides mamba.

Mamba is a drop-in replacement of conda, and is faster at resolving dependencies than conda. For commands like conda install and conda search, condacan be replaced with mambaon Oscar. More details can be found in Mamba User Guide.

Conda Initialization

It is not recommended to initialize conda via conda init.

Access Conda via Modules

To access the conda or mamba command, load either a miniconda3 or miniforge module and then run the source command

The command 'conda info' shows important configurations for conda environment.

Below are some important configurations:

• envs directories: a list of directories where a conda environment is installed by default. In the output of 'conda info' above, the first default directory to install a conda environment is a $HOME/anaconda.

• package cache: a list of directories where downloaded packages are stored.

Create a New Conda Environment

To create a new conda environment in a default directory, run the following command:

To create a new conda environment in a different directory, run the following command:

Activate a Conda Environment

After creating a conda environment, users can activate a conda environment to install or access packages in the environment via the following command.

If you need to activate a conda environment in a bash script, you need to source the conda.sh as shown in the following example bash script:

To deactivate a conda environment, simply use the following command:

Install Packages in an Active Conda Environment

To install a package, we need to first activate a conda environment, and then run

The "=version" is optional. By default, conda install a package from the anaconda channel. To install a package from a different channel, run conda install with the -c option. For example, to install a package from the bioconda channel, run

Delete a Conda Environment

To delete a conda environment, run

Remove Caches

Conda may download lots of additional packages when installing a package. A user may use up all quota due to these downloaded packages. To remove the downloaded packges, run