How to add folder to search path for a given Anaconda environment?

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I am developing a project in Python and I want to include some own modules which are not on the regular Python search path and I want to add them. However, I want to do this just for the Anaconda environment I am using during development and I would like them to remain there over time(i.e. when I restart the environment, I want the search path to have that folder).

Thanks!

@cel They are my own modules and I didn't build the package for distribution. — Radu Szasz, Sep 22 '15 at 11:23
I don't think there is a way to cleanly solve this without writing a minimal `setup.py`. — cel, Sep 22 '15 at 13:11

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '15 at 20:30

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You can use

conda develop <directory>

This will write a conda.pth file to the environment's site-packages directory which will cause your directory to be added to the sys.path.

answered Sep 23 '15 at 20:30

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you have to have `conda-build` installed in the conda root to have access to conda develop. Just in case anyone is wondering, like I was, why conda develop would return an error stating there is no conda develop. – mnky9800n Aug 03 '17 at 09:07

How to add folder to search path for a given Anaconda environment?

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