Conda plugin¶

The Conda plugin builds parts by retrieving packages with the conda package manager. Though conda is language-agnostic, the plugin is most commonly used to incorporate Python packages into snaps.

Keywords¶

The plugin provides the following unique keys for core20 and newer snaps.

conda-packages¶

Type: list of strings

Default: unset

The conda packages to install.

conda-python-version¶

Type: string

Default: unset

The Python version to install in the conda environment, specified with both a major and minor version (for example, 3.12). If unset, Python isn’t installed in the environment.

conda-miniconda-version¶

Type: string

Default: latest

The version of Miniconda to bootstrap. If unset, the latest release is bootstrapped.

Dependencies¶

This plugin installs curl for use during the Miniconda installation.

How it works¶

Download the Miniconda installation script with curl, respecting the version declared with conda-miniconda-version.
Install Miniconda in the part’s build environment with the miniconda.sh script.
Create a conda environment in the part’s install directory with conda create. In this environment, conda installs any packages declared with conda-packages and the Python version declared with conda-python-version.

Example¶

The test suite in Snapcraft has a conda-hello snap built with the Conda plugin.