The June 2024 releases included updates to conda-index, conda-package-streaming and conda-package-handling! 🎉 All of these new releases have been released to both main and conda-forge.
To update conda-index to the latest version, run:
conda install -n base conda-index=0.5.0
In the realm of package management and environment configuration, conda has
emerged as a versatile tool empowering developers with environment management. A
pivotal aspect of conda's architecture lies in its prefix system, which
underwent a significant evolution over its previous versions, transforming conda from a
simple package manager into a sprawling environment manager. In this technical
discourse, we delve into the intricacies of conda's prefix system, shedding
light on its evolution and the five distinct prefixes delineated within the
conda source code.
Conda is moving our social media presence from Twitter/X to Mastodon and LinkedIn at the start of 2024. It's past time to move into spaces that are welcoming and more in line with our community values.
Going forward, you can find us at
If you are on either platform then please follow and link to those accounts, or, just use the #conda hashtag.
We won't close the Twitter account. We will update it to say it is no longer active, and point users to the conda communities on Mastodon and LinkedIn. If you are active on Twitter, we encourage you to also use the #conda hashtag.
We hope to see you on Mastodon and LinkedIn in 2024!
PS: conda-forge is discussing making the same move.
The November 2023 releases included updates to three conda community projects: conda, conda-build, and conda-libmamba-solver! 🎉 Each of these have been released to both main and conda-forge.
To update conda, run:
conda install -n base conda=23.11.0
New menuinst v2 support!
We recently pushed out a new theme to the documentation sites for conda and conda-build. This theme is also available for all conda related projects to use as a Sphinx theme (check out the conda-sphinx-theme project).
Image credit: Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash
conda-libmamba-solver! 🥳 🚀libmamba builds on libsolv, a much faster solver from openSUSE. The previous "classic" solver is based on pycosat/Picosat and will remain part of conda for the foreseeable future. A fallback is possible and available.
The September 2023 releases included updates to five conda community projects: conda, conda-build, conda-libmamba-solver, conda-index, and pycosat! 🎉 Each of these have been released to both main and conda-forge.
To update conda, run:
conda install -n base conda=23.9.0
Conda's default solver will change to conda-libmamba-solver in a special 23.10.0 release in the near future!
You can already benefit from conda-libmamba-solver today by configuring your conda installation to use it (e.g. by running conda config --set solver libmamba).
The current "classic" solver is based on pycosat/Picosat and will remain part of conda for the foreseeable future. A fallback is possible and available.
Additional details on this change as well as the full announcement can be found in the conda 23.9.0 changelog.