Change conda default pkgs_dirs and envs dirs

Question

I am using conda on a cluster. There is a space limit on the /home directory. This has reached its limits and I would like to move the ~/.conda directory to another one keeping already installed packages. What is the best way to proceed?

conda version : 4.7.5

Linux: centos

I tried:

conda config --set pkgs_dirs /mnt/lustre/users/bdiallo/.conda/pkgs/

and got the following error message:

CondaValueError: Key 'pkgs_dirs' is not a known primitive parameter.

Answer 1

Windows:
conda config --add pkgs_dirs \\server\share\conda\pkgs

Linux:
conda config --add pkgs_dirs /mnt/lustre/users/bdiallo/.conda/pkgs/

Or manually edit .condarc in your home directory (ref):

pkgs_dirs:
  - /opt/anaconda/pkgs

Watch for typos, both pkg and dir need to be plural: pkgs_dirs.

Thanks to @darthbith and @naeem-khoshnevis in comments.