How to change python version in Anaconda?

Question

I am trying to get into deep learning. I installed Anaconda to use jupyter and generally not to care about installing all of those packages like matplotlib etc myself. But I

Answer 1

By default, the conda environment will use the python version 3.7, since you installed Anaconda with python3.7.

You would need to create a symbolic link to the new version of the python (in your case python3.6.8) using

ln -s ~/anaconda3/bin/

(you may need to replace 'python3.6.8' with the appropriate file name).

Another, better way would be to create a new environment in conda and then use python3.6.8 as you would like. Follow steps at https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html#creating-an-environment-with-commands to create an environment.

For python3.6.8, run the following command:

conda create -n  python=3.6.8

(replace 'myenv' with the name of your new environment)

After that, activate the environment with :

conda activate