Python Anaconda: should I use `conda activate` or `source activate` in linux

Question

So I am used to typing source activate when starting a python Anaconda environment. That works just fine. But when I create new conda environmen

Answer 1

Here is one difference I found. source activate can be used at the beginning of a bash script to load conda environment, whereas conda activate would give me an error:

CommandNotFoundError: Your shell has not been properly configured to use 'conda activate'.

This makes a huge difference to me since I often submit bash jobs to cluster and source activate is the only way to change conda environment.

Please correct me if anyone can use conda activate in a bash script.