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

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 environm

Answer 1

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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  --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
  ...

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... 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
    ...