Saving pip installs in google colab

Question

Is there a way to save packages in Google Collab to my Google Drive? This is so I won\'t have to re-download and re-install packages every time I want to use them.

Answer 1

To save your the installed configuration to your Google Drive:

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/gdrive')
pip freeze --local > /content/gdrive/My\ Drive/colab_installed.txt

To restore from drive:

from google.colab import drive
drive.mount('/content/gdrive')
pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall `cat /content/gdrive/My\ Drive/colab_installed.txt`