Miniconda

What is Miniconda?

Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other useful packages, including pip, zlib, and a few others. Use the conda install command to install 720+ additional conda packages from the Anaconda repository.

Installation

macOS

$ mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
$ curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh\
 -o ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
$ rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ source ~/miniconda3/bin/activate
$ conda init --all

Windows Command Prompt

Open cmd as an administrator and run the following commands.

> curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe -o miniconda.exe
> start /wait "" .\miniconda.exe /S
#or
> start /wait "" .\miniconda.exe /S /D=<path_to_install>
> del miniconda.exe

• /D - Specify the installation directory. For example /D=C:\miniconda.

Windows PowerShell

> curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Windows-x86_64.exe -o miniconda.exe
> Start-Process -FilePath ".\miniconda.exe" -ArgumentList "/S" -Wait
#or
> Start-Process -FilePath ".\miniconda.exe" -ArgumentList "/S", "/D=<path_to_install>" -Wait
> del miniconda.exe

Add the Miniconda to the environment variables.

> setx PATH "%PATH%;<path_to_install>;<path_to_install>\Scripts;<path_to_install>\Library\bin"

Linux

If you want to confirm server architecture, you can run the following command first:

$ uname -m

ARM

$ mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
$ wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-aarch64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ chmod +x ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ source ~/.bashrc

X86

$ mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
$ wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
$ rm ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
$ source ~/miniconda3/bin/activate
$ conda init --all

If you want to reverse the init, you can run the following command.

$ conda init --reverse

It will remove the (base) in the terminal.

Uninstall Conda

$ cd ~/miniconda3
$ ./uninstall.sh

Environment

Creating a new environment on Linux and macOS, you can use terminal. On Windows, you need to use the Anaconda Prompt.

$ conda create -n <name> python=3.11

Or you can create a new environment with additional packages

$ conda create -n <name> python=3.11 transformer numpy

List all environments

$ conda env list

Activate an environment

$ conda activate gerbergpt

Deactivate an environment

$ conda deactivate

Remove an environment

$ conda remove -n <name> --all

If you have PyCharm IDE installed, you can use it to manage your environments. PyCharm will automatically detect the Miniconda installation and list all environments.

If you have miniconda installed in a different location, you need to add the path to the environment variables. For example: <path_to_miniconda>/condabin/conda.bat. Don't select any exe from any env folder you created.