How to transfer Anaconda env installed on one machine to another? [Both with Ubuntu installed]












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i have been using Anaconda(4.3.23) on my GuestOS ubuntu 14.04 which is installed on Vmware on HostOS windows 8.1. i have setup an environment in anaconda and have installed many libraries, some of which were very hectic to install (not straight forward pip installs). few libraries had inner dependencies and had to be build together and from their git source.



Problem
i am going to use Cloud based VM (Azure GPU instance) to use GPU. but i don't want to get into the hectic installation again as i don't want to waste money on the time it will take me to install all the packages and libraries again



Is there any way to transfer/copy my existing env (which has everything already installed) to the Cloud VM.?










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  • You should be able to do conda list --export > requirements.txt and then on your new environment do conda create --name [env name] --file requirements.txt
    – gobrewers14
    Aug 24 '17 at 14:53










  • wouldn't that only work if the packages and libraries are out of the shelf and to be installed from pip?. by your method i will have the name list of packages. and in new env those packages will be installed from pip again. but the problem is i have custom built packages which had dependent configurations with each other
    – Qaisar Rajput
    Aug 24 '17 at 15:00


















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i have been using Anaconda(4.3.23) on my GuestOS ubuntu 14.04 which is installed on Vmware on HostOS windows 8.1. i have setup an environment in anaconda and have installed many libraries, some of which were very hectic to install (not straight forward pip installs). few libraries had inner dependencies and had to be build together and from their git source.



Problem
i am going to use Cloud based VM (Azure GPU instance) to use GPU. but i don't want to get into the hectic installation again as i don't want to waste money on the time it will take me to install all the packages and libraries again



Is there any way to transfer/copy my existing env (which has everything already installed) to the Cloud VM.?










share|improve this question






















  • You should be able to do conda list --export > requirements.txt and then on your new environment do conda create --name [env name] --file requirements.txt
    – gobrewers14
    Aug 24 '17 at 14:53










  • wouldn't that only work if the packages and libraries are out of the shelf and to be installed from pip?. by your method i will have the name list of packages. and in new env those packages will be installed from pip again. but the problem is i have custom built packages which had dependent configurations with each other
    – Qaisar Rajput
    Aug 24 '17 at 15:00
















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i have been using Anaconda(4.3.23) on my GuestOS ubuntu 14.04 which is installed on Vmware on HostOS windows 8.1. i have setup an environment in anaconda and have installed many libraries, some of which were very hectic to install (not straight forward pip installs). few libraries had inner dependencies and had to be build together and from their git source.



Problem
i am going to use Cloud based VM (Azure GPU instance) to use GPU. but i don't want to get into the hectic installation again as i don't want to waste money on the time it will take me to install all the packages and libraries again



Is there any way to transfer/copy my existing env (which has everything already installed) to the Cloud VM.?










share|improve this question













i have been using Anaconda(4.3.23) on my GuestOS ubuntu 14.04 which is installed on Vmware on HostOS windows 8.1. i have setup an environment in anaconda and have installed many libraries, some of which were very hectic to install (not straight forward pip installs). few libraries had inner dependencies and had to be build together and from their git source.



Problem
i am going to use Cloud based VM (Azure GPU instance) to use GPU. but i don't want to get into the hectic installation again as i don't want to waste money on the time it will take me to install all the packages and libraries again



Is there any way to transfer/copy my existing env (which has everything already installed) to the Cloud VM.?







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  • You should be able to do conda list --export > requirements.txt and then on your new environment do conda create --name [env name] --file requirements.txt
    – gobrewers14
    Aug 24 '17 at 14:53










  • wouldn't that only work if the packages and libraries are out of the shelf and to be installed from pip?. by your method i will have the name list of packages. and in new env those packages will be installed from pip again. but the problem is i have custom built packages which had dependent configurations with each other
    – Qaisar Rajput
    Aug 24 '17 at 15:00




















  • You should be able to do conda list --export > requirements.txt and then on your new environment do conda create --name [env name] --file requirements.txt
    – gobrewers14
    Aug 24 '17 at 14:53










  • wouldn't that only work if the packages and libraries are out of the shelf and to be installed from pip?. by your method i will have the name list of packages. and in new env those packages will be installed from pip again. but the problem is i have custom built packages which had dependent configurations with each other
    – Qaisar Rajput
    Aug 24 '17 at 15:00


















You should be able to do conda list --export > requirements.txt and then on your new environment do conda create --name [env name] --file requirements.txt
– gobrewers14
Aug 24 '17 at 14:53




You should be able to do conda list --export > requirements.txt and then on your new environment do conda create --name [env name] --file requirements.txt
– gobrewers14
Aug 24 '17 at 14:53












wouldn't that only work if the packages and libraries are out of the shelf and to be installed from pip?. by your method i will have the name list of packages. and in new env those packages will be installed from pip again. but the problem is i have custom built packages which had dependent configurations with each other
– Qaisar Rajput
Aug 24 '17 at 15:00






wouldn't that only work if the packages and libraries are out of the shelf and to be installed from pip?. by your method i will have the name list of packages. and in new env those packages will be installed from pip again. but the problem is i have custom built packages which had dependent configurations with each other
– Qaisar Rajput
Aug 24 '17 at 15:00














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From the very end of this documentation page:



Save packages for future use:



conda list --export > package-list.txt


Reinstall packages from an export file:



conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt





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    If conda list --export failes like this ...



    Executing conda list --export > package-list.txt creates a file which looks like this:



    # This file may be used to create an environment using:
    # $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
    # platform: win-64
    _tflow_1100_select=0.0.1=gpu
    absl-py=0.5.0=py_0
    astor=0.7.1=py_0
    ...


    But creating a new environment by executing conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt gives me this error:



    Solving environment: ...working... failed

    PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

    - markdown==2.6.11=py_0
    ...




    ... then try to use conda env export



    According to this discussion execute the following command on your source machine:



    source activate yourEnvironment
    conda env export --no-builds > file.txt


    On the target machine execute:



    conda env create --file /path/to/file.txt


    The file generated by conda env export looks a bit different, but it contains pip packages as well:



    name: yourEnvironment
    channels:
    - conda-forge
    - defaults
    dependencies:
    - absl-py=0.5.0
    ...
    - pip:
    - astroid==2.0.4
    ...





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      From the very end of this documentation page:



      Save packages for future use:



      conda list --export > package-list.txt


      Reinstall packages from an export file:



      conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt





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        From the very end of this documentation page:



        Save packages for future use:



        conda list --export > package-list.txt


        Reinstall packages from an export file:



        conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt





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          From the very end of this documentation page:



          Save packages for future use:



          conda list --export > package-list.txt


          Reinstall packages from an export file:



          conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt





          share|improve this answer












          From the very end of this documentation page:



          Save packages for future use:



          conda list --export > package-list.txt


          Reinstall packages from an export file:



          conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt






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              If conda list --export failes like this ...



              Executing conda list --export > package-list.txt creates a file which looks like this:



              # This file may be used to create an environment using:
              # $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
              # platform: win-64
              _tflow_1100_select=0.0.1=gpu
              absl-py=0.5.0=py_0
              astor=0.7.1=py_0
              ...


              But creating a new environment by executing conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt gives me this error:



              Solving environment: ...working... failed

              PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

              - markdown==2.6.11=py_0
              ...




              ... then try to use conda env export



              According to this discussion execute the following command on your source machine:



              source activate yourEnvironment
              conda env export --no-builds > file.txt


              On the target machine execute:



              conda env create --file /path/to/file.txt


              The file generated by conda env export looks a bit different, but it contains pip packages as well:



              name: yourEnvironment
              channels:
              - conda-forge
              - defaults
              dependencies:
              - absl-py=0.5.0
              ...
              - pip:
              - astroid==2.0.4
              ...





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                If conda list --export failes like this ...



                Executing conda list --export > package-list.txt creates a file which looks like this:



                # This file may be used to create an environment using:
                # $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
                # platform: win-64
                _tflow_1100_select=0.0.1=gpu
                absl-py=0.5.0=py_0
                astor=0.7.1=py_0
                ...


                But creating a new environment by executing conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt gives me this error:



                Solving environment: ...working... failed

                PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

                - markdown==2.6.11=py_0
                ...




                ... then try to use conda env export



                According to this discussion execute the following command on your source machine:



                source activate yourEnvironment
                conda env export --no-builds > file.txt


                On the target machine execute:



                conda env create --file /path/to/file.txt


                The file generated by conda env export looks a bit different, but it contains pip packages as well:



                name: yourEnvironment
                channels:
                - conda-forge
                - defaults
                dependencies:
                - absl-py=0.5.0
                ...
                - pip:
                - astroid==2.0.4
                ...





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                  If conda list --export failes like this ...



                  Executing conda list --export > package-list.txt creates a file which looks like this:



                  # This file may be used to create an environment using:
                  # $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
                  # platform: win-64
                  _tflow_1100_select=0.0.1=gpu
                  absl-py=0.5.0=py_0
                  astor=0.7.1=py_0
                  ...


                  But creating a new environment by executing conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt gives me this error:



                  Solving environment: ...working... failed

                  PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

                  - markdown==2.6.11=py_0
                  ...




                  ... then try to use conda env export



                  According to this discussion execute the following command on your source machine:



                  source activate yourEnvironment
                  conda env export --no-builds > file.txt


                  On the target machine execute:



                  conda env create --file /path/to/file.txt


                  The file generated by conda env export looks a bit different, but it contains pip packages as well:



                  name: yourEnvironment
                  channels:
                  - conda-forge
                  - defaults
                  dependencies:
                  - absl-py=0.5.0
                  ...
                  - pip:
                  - astroid==2.0.4
                  ...





                  share|improve this answer














                  If conda list --export failes like this ...



                  Executing conda list --export > package-list.txt creates a file which looks like this:



                  # This file may be used to create an environment using:
                  # $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
                  # platform: win-64
                  _tflow_1100_select=0.0.1=gpu
                  absl-py=0.5.0=py_0
                  astor=0.7.1=py_0
                  ...


                  But creating a new environment by executing conda create -n myenv --file package-list.txt gives me this error:



                  Solving environment: ...working... failed

                  PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

                  - markdown==2.6.11=py_0
                  ...




                  ... then try to use conda env export



                  According to this discussion execute the following command on your source machine:



                  source activate yourEnvironment
                  conda env export --no-builds > file.txt


                  On the target machine execute:



                  conda env create --file /path/to/file.txt


                  The file generated by conda env export looks a bit different, but it contains pip packages as well:



                  name: yourEnvironment
                  channels:
                  - conda-forge
                  - defaults
                  dependencies:
                  - absl-py=0.5.0
                  ...
                  - pip:
                  - astroid==2.0.4
                  ...






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