I installed Miniconda on a Mac M1 Pro using the Mac installers . I selected this Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 ARM 64-bit pkg from https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html#macos-installers.
After initializing with conda init zsh, I tried to make an environment with python 3.6 doing
conda create -n py36 python=3.6
It didn't work and I got
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with repodata from current_repodata.json, will retry with next repodata source.
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed
PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:
- python=3.6
Current channels:
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-arm64
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-arm64
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're
looking for, navigate to
https://anaconda.org
and use the search bar at the top of the page.
I looked at https://anaconda.org, like it says, to find an alternate channel but I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for because I don't really even know what that means.
The oldest version of python I can create an environment is with python 3.8.
How do I create an environment with older python versions, such as 3.5, on a Mac M1 Pro?
