Create empty conda environment

Question

I can create a new conda environment, with program biopython with this:

conda create --name snowflakes biopython

What if I do

Answer 1

If you've created a create_default_packages block in your .condarc file, @joelion's answer will install those packages. If you don't want those, use the --no-default-packages flag. For example:

conda create --name myenv python --no-default-packages