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``conda install python=3.4``. Internally, conda translates the
command line syntax to the spec defined in this section.

EXAMPLE: python=3.4 is translated to python 3.4*.
EXAMPLE: python=3.4 is translated to python 3.4.*. ``conda search 'python=3.1'`` does NOT bring up Python 3.10, only Python 3.1.*.

Package dependencies are specified using a match specification.
A match specification is a space-separated string of 1, 2, or 3
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Remember that the version specification cannot contain spaces,
as spaces are used to delimit the package, version, and build
string in the whole match specification. ``python >= 2.7`` is an
invalid match specification. Furthermore, ``python>=2.7`` is
invalid match specification. Furthermore,"``python >= 2.7``" with double or single quotes is
matched as any version of a package named ``python>=2.7``.

When using the command line, put double quotes around any package
When using the command line, put double or single quotes around any package
version specification that contains the space character or any of
the following characters: <, >, \*, or \|.

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