Conda solver in 22.11+

This 22.11 release of conda brings a suite of new improvements and features that have been highly anticipated by the community. Conda runs faster now—much faster. Here is an abbreviated list of notable changes:

If you have not yet installed conda, you may do so by installing the Anaconda Distribution or Miniconda. If you have conda installed already (you can check in your terminal by entering “conda info”), all you need to do is update conda:

conda info conda update -n base conda

Back in March of this year, the conda team introduced a new experimental solver, conda-libmamba-solver, as part of our collaborative effort with Quansight to make conda faster. Speed improvement has been one of conda’s most highly requested updates, and after almost a year of joint development work, we are incredibly excited to share that the conda-libmamba-solver has now joined the default solver club.

To install and set the new solver, run the following commands:

conda install -n base conda-libmamba-solver
conda config --set solver libmamba

You may also refer to this comprehensive Getting Started guide. The classic solver is still available.