["python","macos","virtual","environment","conda"]
Conda: Creating a virtual environment

I'm trying to create a virtual environment. I've followed steps from both Conda and Medium. Everything works fine until I need to source the new environment: conda info -e # conda environments: # base * /Users/fwrenn/anaconda3 test_env /Users/fwrenn/anaconda3/envs/test_env source ~/anaconda3/bin/activate test_env _CONDA_ROOT=/Users/fwrenn/anaconda3: Command not found. Badly placed ()'s. I can't figure out the problem. Searching on here has solutions that say adding lines to your bash_profile file, but I don't work in Bash, only C shell (csh). It looks like it's unable to build the directory path in activate. My particulars: OS X Output of python --version: Python 3.6.3 :: Anaconda custom (64-bit) Output of conda --version: conda 4.4.7
I was able to solve my problem. Executing the source activate test_env command wasn't picking up my .bash_profile, and I normally work in tcsh. Simply starting a subprocess in Bash was enough to get activate working. I guess I assumed, incorrectly, that the activate command would start a child process in Bash and use Bash environment variables. > conda info -e > # conda environments: > # > base * ~/anaconda3 > test_env ~/anaconda3/envs/test_env > bash ~$ source ~/anaconda3/bin/activate test_env (test_env) ~$ (test_env) ~$ conda info -e # conda environments: # test_env * ~/anaconda3/envs/test_env root ~/anaconda3