I have a conda environment named old_name
, how can I change its name to new_name
without breaking references?
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Answer
New answer:
From Conda 4.14 you will be able to use just:
conda rename -n old_name new_name
Although, under the hood, conda rename
still uses [1][2] undermentioned combination of conda create
and conda remove
.
Use the -d
flag for dry-run (not destination, as of v22.11.0)
conda rename -n old_name -d new_name
Old answer:
You can’t.
One workaround is to create clone a new environment and then remove the original one.
First, remember to deactivate your current environment. You can do this with the commands:
deactivate
on Windows orsource deactivate
on macOS/Linux.
Then:
conda create --name new_name --clone old_name conda remove --name old_name --all # or its alias: `conda env remove --name old_name`
Notice there are several drawbacks of this method:
- It redownloads packages (you can use
--offline
flag to disable it) - Time consumed on copying environment’s files
- Temporary double disk usage
There is an open issue requesting this feature.