I have a lot of conda envs in my C:\Users\username\.conda\envs directory. I have been facing a lot of memory issues due to this. I was planing on doing a complete reinstall of Anaconda in my D drive. But I wanted to confirm that this would actually create envs in my D drive and not in my C drive.
Also, if it does create envs in D then does copy-pasting the environment folders from C:\Users\username\.conda\envs into the newly created envs successfully restore my conda envs?
From Anaconda docs: Moving Anaconda from one directory to another:
Anaconda environment management requires known paths, and Anaconda must know the exact path where it is installed at installation time.
If you simply copy the Anaconda files to a new directory, Anaconda will not work.
To move Anaconda from one directory to another:
OPTIONAL: Save your environments using the conda managing environments instructions.
- Uninstall Anaconda.
- Go to the new directory and install it there following the Anaconda installation instructions.
OPTIONAL: Restore your environments using the conda managing environments instructions.