How to activate an Anaconda environment

Use cmd instead of Powershell! I spent 2 hours before I switched to cmd and then it worked!

create Environment:

conda create -n your_environment_name

see list of conda environments:

conda env list

activate your environment:

conda activate your_environment_name

That's all folks

If this happens you would need to set the PATH for your environment (so that it gets the right Python from the environment and Scripts\ on Windows).

Imagine you have created an environment called py33 by using:

conda create -n py33 python=3.3 anaconda

Here the folders are created by default in Anaconda\envs, so you need to set the PATH as:

set PATH=C:\Anaconda\envs\py33\Scripts;C:\Anaconda\envs\py33;%PATH%

Now it should work in the command window:

activate py33

The line above is the Windows equivalent to the code that normally appears in the tutorials for Mac and Linux:

$ source activate py33

More info: https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!topic/anaconda/8T8i11gO39U

Does `anaconda` create a separate PYTHONPATH variable for each new environment?