`conda compare`#

Compare packages between conda environments.

usage: conda compare [-h] [--json] [--console CONSOLE] [-v] [-q]
                     [-n ENVIRONMENT | -p PATH]
                     file

Positional Arguments#

file: Path to the environment file that is to be compared against.

Output, Prompt, and Flow Control Options#

--json: Report all output as json. Suitable for using conda programmatically.
--console: Select the backend to use for normal output rendering.
-v, --verbose: Can be used multiple times. Once for detailed output, twice for INFO logging, thrice for DEBUG logging, four times for TRACE logging.
-q, --quiet: Do not display progress bar.

Target Environment Specification#

-n, --name: Name of environment.
-p, --prefix: Full path to environment location (i.e. prefix).

Examples:

Compare packages in the current environment with respect to 'environment.yml' located in the current working directory:

conda compare environment.yml

Compare packages installed into the environment 'myenv' with respect to 'environment.yml' in a different directory:

conda compare -n myenv path/to/file/environment.yml