ResolvePackageNotFound: Create env using conda and yml file on MacOS

Question

I want to create a virtual environment using conda and yml file.

Command:

conda env create -n ex3 -f env.yml

Type ENTER it gives fo

Answer 1

I got the same issue and found a GitHub issue related to this. In the comments, @kalefranz posted an ideal solution by using the --no-builds flag with conda env export.

conda env export --no-builds > environment.yml

However, even remove build numbers, some packages may still have different version number at different OS. The best way I think is to create different env yml file for different OS.

Hope this helps.