Cudf: installation with conda to new env fails

[jangorecki]

Looks like readme file should be update.
Suggested command to create new environment gives following erro

conda env create --name cudf --file conda_environments/testing_py35.yml

SpecNotFound: Invalid name, try the format: user/package

[jangorecki]

Looks like it is this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/3859
Which doesn't seems to be solved any time soon, it is kept as "Closed" for 2 years already.
Ideally would be to not depend on extra dependency conda but just use pip and virtualenv, both pretty lightweight, and not bloating default system python.

[pearu]

The diagnosis of this issue is wrong: there is a typo in the given command (or perhaps was in some earlier version of README.md).

The correct command to create a new environment is

conda env create --name cudf --file conda/environments/testing_py35.yml
#                                        ^___ notice the slash `/` instead of underscore `_`

Suggest closing the issue.

[harrism]

The path did indeed used to be conda_environments. Perhaps this is because of conda env create instead of conda create?

@kkraus14 can you weigh in on closing this issue?

[kkraus14]

README is updated with a fixed command, closing this.