# How do I create a conda virtual environment?

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**Category:** Northeastern Research Computing\
**Created:** [July 5, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-do-i-create-a-conda-virtual-environment/1402 "2020-07-05T00:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Julia](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Julia](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/Julia)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-do-i-create-a-conda-virtual-environment/1402/1 "2020-07-05T00:40:42Z")

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I’d like to use a conda virtual environment. How do I do this on the cluster?

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**Author:** ![rohin](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/user_avatar/ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/rohin/32/495_2.png) [@rohin](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/u/rohin)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/t/how-do-i-create-a-conda-virtual-environment/1402/2 "2020-07-08T05:08:02Z")

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Good idea. It is highly recommended to use conda virtual environment with python packages. Please refer to the steps of using a conda virtual environment [here](https://rc-docs.northeastern.edu/en/latest/software/software.html#creating-a-python-environment)