【conda】correct way to copy environment directly

Use conda pack

Directly copy ~/anaconda3/envs/my-env will probably cause issues.
Conda pack can smoothly fix most of the problems.

conda create -n pack && conda activate pack
conda install -c conda-forge conda-pack
Then for:

Backing up:

Pack environment my_env into my_env.tar.gz
$ conda pack -n my_env

Pack environment my_env into out_name.tar.gz
$ conda pack -n my_env -o out_name.tar.gz

Pack environment located at an explicit path into my_env.tar.gz
$ conda pack -p /explicit/path/to/my_env

Restoring:

And to restore it on the other machine(s):

Unpack environment into directory my_env
$ mkdir -p my_env
$ tar -xzf my_env.tar.gz -C my_env
Use Python without activating or fixing the prefixes. Most Python libraries will work fine, but things that require prefix cleanups will fail.
$ ./my_env/bin/python

Activate the environment. This adds my_env/bin to your path
$ source my_env/bin/activate

Run Python from in the environment
(my_env) $ python

Cleanup prefixes from in the active environment.
Note that this command can also be run without activating the environment
as long as some version of Python is already installed on the machine.
(my_env) $ conda-unpack