how to specify new environment location for conda create

Question

the default location for packages is .conda folder in my home directory. however, on the server I am using, there is a very strict limit of how much space I can use, which b

Answer 1

While using the --prefix option works, you have to explicitly use it every time you create an environment. If you just want your environments stored somewhere else by default, you can configure it in your .condarc file.

Please see: https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/configuration/use-condarc.html#specify-environment-directories-envs-dirs