How to create conda env with both name and path specified

create a folder wherever you want to keep you environment files, inside the folder run:

conda create --prefix=yourenvname

When you wish to use this env, move to the folder in which you ran the previous command and do:

source activate yourenvname

Or

You can run:

conda create --prefix=path/yourenvname 

This will create environment named “yourenvname” in the specified path.