Use anaconda environment without activate? (e.g. in Crontab)

Question

Being reading this

http://conda.pydata.org/docs/using/envs.html

Is it possible to run a conda python directly without having to source activate xxx

Answer 1

If conda is on your path:

source activate <env name> && python xxx.py && source deactivate

If conda isn't on your path but is installed:

source /path/to/conda/bin/activate /path/to/desired/env_name/ && python xxx.py && source deactivate

Answer 2

Actually, you can do exactly the same as in venv in miniconda. If path_to_miniconda is your installation dir of miniconda, then

/path_to_miniconda/envs/name_of_env/bin/python xxx.py

should work.