conda env also installs other dependencies for code. Really, the whole point of it all is that conda replaces pip and virtualenv. Conda manages more than just

conda env also installs other dependencies for code. Really, the whole point of it all is that conda replaces pip and virtualenv. Conda manages more than just Python packages, but other dependencies as well. For example, here's list of packages in a new environment I created with $ conda create -n hn python $ source activate hn $ conda list -c openssl-1.0.2g-0 pip-8.1.1-py35_0 python-3.5.1-0 readline-6.2-2 setuptools-20.3-py35_0 sqlite-3.9.2-0 tk-8.5.18-0 wheel-0.29.0-py35_0 xz-5.0.5-1 zlib-1.2.8-0 setuptools and wheel are the only Python packages installed. The others are non-Python packages that conda is managing for my environment. For all the talk of vendoring in package manager tools these days, I really, really like the way conda manages this stuff.