UPDATE: Conda seems to be able to do just that. conda create -n myenv python=3.6.3 conda install -n myenv scipy conda install -n myenv numpy conda install -

UPDATE: Conda seems to be able to do just that. conda create -n myenv python=3.6.3 conda install -n myenv scipy conda install -n myenv numpy conda install -n myenv pandas source activate myenv # To make use of the environment. source deactivate conda create --name myclone --clone myenv. # Clones the environment. du -sh /Users/asampath/anaconda3/envs/myclone du -sh /Users/asampath/anaconda3/envs/myenv 813M /Users/asampath/anaconda3/envs/myenv Fat environments. But, this works out just fine in our NFS mounted storage in cluster.