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Conda sucks

Yeah, but I have to use it, and this articles explains how to auto activate Conda with direnv.

I know what you're thinking, but conda activate <environment> in .envrc doesn't work

[Auto activate Conda with direnv]

Setup direnv

Paste the following into your .config/direnv/direnvrc

this is from direnv GitHub wiki

layout_anaconda() {
  local ACTIVATE="${HOME}/anaconda3/bin/activate"

  if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    # Explicit environment name from layout command.
    local env_name="$1"
    source $ACTIVATE ${env_name}
  elif (grep -q name: environment.yml); then
    # Detect environment name from `environment.yml` file in `.envrc` directory
    source $ACTIVATE `grep name: environment.yml | sed -e 's/name: //' | cut -d "'" -f 2 | cut -d '"' -f 2`
  else
    (>&2 echo No environment specified);
    exit 1;
  fi;
}

Conda zsh init script

Copy this into ~/.zconda (or whatever you want to name it)

# >>> conda initialize >>>
__conda_setup="$('/<home>/anaconda3/bin/conda' 'shell.zsh' 'hook' 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/<home>/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
        . "/<home>/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
    else
        export PATH="/<home>/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup
# <<< conda initialize <<<

This is from Conda install script

then source it in your .zshrc or .zlogin

I have this as my .zlogin:

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
unset LANGUAGE

export EDITOR=nvim

source ~/.zconda

zinit light conda-incubator/conda-zsh-completion

export WORDCHARS=''

Set up in your project's `.direnv`

Run direnv edit ., and paste these into your editor

source ~/.zconda
layout anaconda <env>

The first line is not necessary, only needed if you run in tmux.

Auto activate Conda with direnv

Setup direnv

Conda zsh init script

Set up in your project's .direnv

Set up in your project's `.direnv`