Conda Creating a virtual environment

Question

I am trying to create a virtual environment and I get stuck at the point where I need to source the  new environment:

conda info -e

# conda environments:
#
base                  *  /Users/fwrenn/anaconda3
test_env                 /Users/fwrenn/anaconda3/envs/test_env

source ~/anaconda3/bin/activate test_env

_CONDA_ROOT=/Users/fwrenn/anaconda3: Command not found. Badly placed ()'s.

Can someone tell me what's wrong here? and how can I solve this?

Answer 1

I faced the same issue when I ran the source activate test_env command, it didn't access my .bash_profile. The activate command won't start a child process in Bash.

try this:

> conda info -e

> # conda environments:

> #

> base * ~/anaconda3

> test_env ~/anaconda3/envs/test_env

> bash

~$ source ~/anaconda3/bin/activate test_env

(test_env) ~$

(test_env) ~$ conda info -e

# conda environments:

#

test_env * ~/anaconda3/envs/test_env

root ~/anaconda3

I hope this helps you.