I created an environment through PyCharm when I created a new project. I then installed some packages (including scikit-learn).
When I look at conda list in PyCharm's terminal I see the following
but when I look at conda list in Windows' terminal I see this:
So, no new packages listed here... Why?
To add on my hate for Windows, in my PyCharm project I still see this:
Why in the world??
Ok, I think I figured it out.
PyCharm on Windows does not actually activate environments: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48924787/pycharm-terminal-doesnt-activate-conda-environment#= , just great...
After installing Git and experimenting with this answer, I went to File -> Settings -> Tools -> Terminal and replaced the value in "Shell path" with "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe"
It seems to work.