random ideas

How to get a list of outdated/upgradeable/updatable packages in anaconda?
The analogue of

pip list –outdated

ask conda to update all packages with the dry run flag (-d)

conda update –all -d

you get a large output like this:

Collecting package metadata: done
Solving environment: done

## Package Plan ##

  environment location: /media/nairboon/shared/software/anaconda3

The following packages will be downloaded:

    package              |            build
    —————————|—————–
    anaconda-navigator-1.9.7   |           py37_0         4.8 MB
    astroid-2.2.5                        |           py37_0         275 KB
    atomicwrites-1.3.0              |           py37_1          13 KB
….

   zict-0.1.4                              |           py37_0          20 KB
    zipp-0.3.3                            |           py37_1           9 KB
    ————————————————————
                                           Total:       456.1 MB

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

  pyrsistent         pkgs/main/linux-64::pyrsistent-0.14.11-py37h7b6447c_0
  soupsieve          pkgs/main/linux-64::soupsieve-1.8-py37_0
 ….
  sphinxcontrib-ser~ pkgs/main/noarch::sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml-1.1.3-py_0
  zipp               pkgs/main/linux-64::zipp-0.3.3-py37_1

The following packages will be UPDATED:

  anaconda-navigator                           1.9.6-py37_0 –> 1.9.7-py37_0
  astroid                                      2.1.0-py37_0 –> 2.2.5-py37_0
  atomicwrites                                 1.2.1-py37_0 –> 1.3.0-py37_1
  attrs                               18.2.0-py37h28b3542_0 –> 19.1.0-py37_1
  beautifulsoup4                               4.6.3-py37_0 –> 4.7.1-py37_1
  bitarray                             0.8.3-py37h14c3975_0 –> 0.9.0-py37h7b6447c_0
  bleach                                       3.0.2-py37_0 –> 3.1.0-py37_0
  blosc                                   1.14.4-hdbcaa40_0 –> 1.15.0-hd408876_0
  bokeh                                        1.0.2-py37_0 –> 1.1.0-py37_0

….

but at the last segment you’ll find the list of packages that will be updated