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Run pip to Install a Package to Anaconda Environment

Context

User created a conda environment named myenv and tried to install a package named <some_special_package>. The package is not available in conda, and user has to install the package using pip install <some_special_package>. However, the package is then installed in the base environment in conda instead of the myenv environment.

Problem

How to install the package in myenv environment using pip?

Solution

Do the followings:

  1. Install pip under myenv environment if it is not already available

    condat install -n myenv pip

  2. Find the location of the pip in the myenv environment.

    1. If the root of Anaconda is /path/to/anaconda, the pip for myenv environment should be found at /path/to/anaconda/envs/myenv/Scripts/pip

  3. Use the pip in the myenv environment to install the package

    /path/to/anaconda/envs/myenv/Scripts/pip install <some_special_package>

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