conda env on windows 8 not working

[wgwz]

I'm sure I am missing something stupid.

In windows powershell:

conda create --name kyle flask
Fetching package metadata: ....
Solving package specifications: .
Package plan for installation in environment C:\Users\Jo\Anaconda\envs\kyle:

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

flask:        0.10.1-py27_1
itsdangerous: 0.24-py27_0
jinja2:       2.8-py27_0
markupsafe:   0.23-py27_0
pip:          7.1.2-py27_0
python:       2.7.10-1
setuptools:   18.1-py27_0
werkzeug:     0.10.4-py27_0
wheel:        0.24.0-py27_0

Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Linking packages ...
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#
# To activate this environment, use:
# > activate kyle
#
PS C:\Users\Jo> activate kyle
Activating environment "kyle"...
PS C:\Users\Jo> conda env list
# conda environments:
#
kyle                     C:\Users\Jo\Anaconda\envs\kyle
venv                     C:\Users\Jo\Anaconda\envs\venv
root                  *  C:\Users\Jo\Anaconda

Clearly I am still in the root environment. I have also tried doing this in Cygwin. Which would be the preferred location to get things working.

Here is the relevant part of my .bashrc in Cygwin.

export PATH=/cygdrive/c/users/jo/anaconda:$PATH
export PATH=/cygdrive/c/users/jo/anaconda/scripts:$PATH
export PATH=/cygdrive/c/users/jo/anaconda/envs/venv:$PATH

Here is the behavior in cygwin:

Jo@Monk ~
$ activate.bat venv
Activating environment "venv"...
$ conda env list
# conda environments:
#
kyle                     C:\users\jo\anaconda\envs\kyle
venv                     C:\users\jo\anaconda\envs\venv
root                  *  C:\users\jo\anaconda

activate is recognized in powershell, but not in cygwin. activate.bat is recognized in cygwin as well as powershell.

I cannot switch to the environments either way. Using native windows powershell or cygwin terminal.

[willyd]

conda activate is known to be broken in Powershell. See: #626.

[wgwz]

The problem is that I was trying to use a Windows install of Anaconda through a Cygwin terminal. This cannot be done, as far as I know. If using Cygwin, one needs to install a Linux version of Anaconda in Cygwin.

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