Installing a different version of Python without overwriting the current version in conda
To install a different version of Python without overwriting the current version, create a new environment and install the second Python version into it:
Create the new environment:
To create the new environment for Python 3.6, in your Terminal window or an Anaconda Prompt, run:
conda create -n py36 python=3.6 anaconda
NOTE: Replace
py36
with the name of the environment you want to create.anaconda
is the metapackage that includes all of the Python packages comprising the Anaconda distribution.python=3.6
is the package and version you want to install in this new environment. This could be any package, such asnumpy=1.7
, or multiple packages.To create the new environment for Python 2.7, in your Terminal window or an Anaconda Prompt, run:
conda create -n py27 python=2.7 anaconda
Verify that the new environment is your current environment.
To verify that the current environment uses the new Python version, in your Terminal window or an Anaconda Prompt, run:
python --version