title: Conda: Choose where packages are downloaded
body: <p>I don't have enough space in my default conda directory so I want conda packages to be downloaded at a different location. I have a conda environment created and activated at </p>
  
  <pre><code>/different_drive/condaenv 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Based on what I found online, I tried editing the .condarc file to have</p>
  
  <pre><code>pkgs_dirs
   - /different_drive/pkgs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and edited the permission of the default directory </p>
  
  <pre><code>/home/user/conda/pkgs/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to read-only. However, I just get permission denied errors as conda still tries to download the files to the default directory. Any suggestions on what I can do to change the download location of the packages? </p>