How Do You Set Environment Variables on Activate Conda?

You can set environment variables when activating a Conda environment using the conda env config vars command.

Setting Environment Variables

1. Activate your Conda environment:

    conda activate your_environment_name

2. Set the environment variable:

    conda env config vars set MY_VARIABLE your_value

   Replace MY_VARIABLE with the name of your environment variable and your_value with the value you want to assign.

3. Verify the variable is set:

    conda env config vars list

   You should see your variable listed with its assigned value.

Example

Let's say you want to set the MY_PATH environment variable to /home/user/projects within your my_env environment:

1. Activate your environment:

    conda activate my_env

2. Set the variable:

    conda env config vars set MY_PATH /home/user/projects

3. Verify the variable:

    conda env config vars list

Practical Insights

• Environment variables are useful for storing configuration settings, paths, or other information that your programs might need.
• You can set multiple environment variables by repeating the conda env config vars set command.
• To unset an environment variable, use the unset command:

    conda env config vars unset MY_VARIABLE