Kyle Murphy

Kyle Murphy

Data Analyst/Researcher


Anaconda and VS Code

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Having problems accessing Anaconda from VS Code (Python: Select Interpreter)?

If you’re using Windows and installed Anaconda locally, for one user as opposed for everyone, or haven’t added Anaconda to the Windows Path then VS Code may have troubles finding it.

Luckily there is a simple solution. If your conda version is >4.6 then you can run conda init from the base conda environment. This will initialize conda for shell interaction. In Windows this defaults to the cmd and powershell shells.

If you have an older version first update conda with conda update conda.

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