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my approach is to ignore all the *conda stuff and:

yay -S python-virtualenv # I'm on arch, do not confuse with 12 similarly named alternatives pyenv virtualenv 3.10 random-python-crap pyenv local 3.10.6/envs/random-python-crap pip install -r requirements.txt

and it works (sometimes deps are in some other places, or you have to pass -c constraints.txt or there is no file and you need to create it in various ways)

At least by not using local .env directories, I always know where to find them.

I install a lot of AI projecst so I have around 1TB just for the same python dependencies installed over and over again.

Sometimes I can get away with trying to use the same venv for two different projects but 8/10 deps get broken.