Set up Conda Environment For Google's Generative AI package

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Step 1: Create your env.yml file


name: googleai_202406
channels:
- conda-forge
dependencies:
- python=3.12
- ipykernel
- jupyter
- pip
- pip:
    - google-generativeai

Step 2: Create conda environment using the above env.yml 

(base) $ conda env create -f env.yml 

Step 3: Activate the environment

(base) $ conda activate googleai_202406

Step 4: Test the installation of "google-generativeai" by displaying package details 

(googleai_202406) $ conda list google-generativeai
# packages in environment at /home/ashish/anaconda3/envs/googleai_202406:
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
google-generativeai       0.7.1                    pypi_0    pypi

(googleai_202406) $ pip show google-generativeai
Name: google-generativeai
Version: 0.7.1
Summary: Google Generative AI High level API client library and tools.
Home-page: https://github.com/google/generative-ai-python
Author: Google LLC
Author-email: googleapis-packages@google.com
License: Apache 2.0
Location: /home/ashish/anaconda3/envs/googleai_202406/lib/python3.12/site-packages
Requires: google-ai-generativelanguage, google-api-core, google-api-python-client, google-auth, protobuf, pydantic, tqdm, typing-extensions
Required-by: 

(googleai_202406) $ 

Step 5: Set up a kernel corresponding to the above 'conda environment'

(googleai_202406) $ python -m ipykernel install --user --name googleai_202406

# Reference: pypi.org    

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