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Note conda doesn't use packages installed locally
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Expand Up @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ To create a conda virtual environment:
Replace **PACKAGES** with the list of packages you want to install in your
virtual environment.

{{% alert title="Note" color="info" %}}
conda doesn't use packages installed locally, including packages part of
[Lambda Stack](https://lambdalabs.com/lambda-stack-deep-learning-software).
{{% /alert %}}

(Optional) Replace **OPTIONS** with options for the `conda create` command.
[See the `conda create` documentation](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/commands/create.html)
to learn more about available options.
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Number of GPUs: 1
```

{{% alert title="Tip" color="success" %}}
To deactivate the conda environment, run `conda deactivate`.
{{% /alert %}}

{{% alert title="Note" color="info" %}}
Locally installed packages can conflict with packages installed in virtual
environments. For this reason, it's recommended to uninstall locally installed
Expand All @@ -108,21 +117,16 @@ To uninstall packages installed locally for your user only, run:
pip uninstall -y $(pip -v list | grep ${HOME}/.local | awk '{printf "%s ", $1}')
```

**Don't run the above uninstall command on Lambda GPU Cloud on-demand
instances!** The command will break programs including pip and JupyterLab.

To uninstall packages installed locally, system-wide (for all users), run:

```bash
sudo pip uninstall -y $(pip -v list | grep /usr/local | awk '{printf "%s ", $1}')
```
{{% /alert %}}

{{% alert title="Warning" color="warning" %}}
**Don't run the above uninstall commands on Lambda GPU Cloud on-demand
instances!**

The above uninstall commands remove all locally installed packages and, on
on-demand instances, break programs including pip and JupyterLab.
{{% /alert %}}

{{% alert title="Tip" color="success" %}}
[See the Conda documentation](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/commands.html)
to learn more about how to manage conda virtual environments.
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