diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf1756e..68f7060 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -241,6 +241,25 @@ How verbosely to report program actions
 - 2 general (default)
 - `>2` debug
 
+## Activating and Deactivating wrapped environments
+A `tykky` convenience shell function is provided to mimic the conda activate and
+deactivate helpers. To use it, you must load those functions into your shell with:
+
+`source etc/profile.d/tykky`
+
+Then you may activate a tykky installation with
+
+`tykky activate <env_dir>`
+
+If you define the environment variable `TYKKY_PATH`, environments may also be
+found by name inside that colon-separated list of paths in `TYKKY_PATH`.
+
+You may deactivate the tykky environment in your shell with:
+
+`tykky deactivate`
+
+Alternatively, you may also manually add `<env_dir>/bin` to your `$PATH`.
+
 
 ## Misc features ideas
 
diff --git a/etc/bash_completion.d/tykky_completion b/etc/bash_completion.d/tykky_completion
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fabab84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/bash_completion.d/tykky_completion
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+__tykky_completions() {
+    if [ "${#COMP_WORDS[@]}" == "2" ]; then
+        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "activate deactivate" "${COMP_WORDS[1]}"))
+        return
+    fi
+    if [[ ${#COMP_WORDS[@]} -gt 2 ]]; then
+        if [[ "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" == "activate" && "${COMP_WORDS[2]}" != *"/"* ]]; then
+            local __tykky_env_list=""
+            local __tykky_path __candidate
+            local oldIFS=$IFS
+            IFS=:
+            for __tykky_path in ${TYKKY_PATH:-~/.tykky}; do
+                IFS=$oldIFS
+                for __candidate in $__tykky_path/*; do
+                    if [[ -d "$__candidate" && -f "$__candidate/common.sh" && -d "$__candidate/bin" ]]; then
+                        __tykky_env_list+="$(basename $__candidate) "
+                    fi
+                done
+            done
+            COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$__tykky_env_list" "${COMP_WORDS[2]}"))
+            return
+        elif [[ "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" == "activate" && "${COMP_WORDS[2]}" == *"/"* ]]; then
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -d -- "${COMP_WORDS[2]}") )
+            local i
+            for i in "${!COMPREPLY[@]}"; do
+                if [[ -d "${COMPREPLY[$i]}" && ! -f "${COMPREPLY[$i]}/common.sh" && ! -d "${COMPREPLY[$i]}/bin" ]]; then
+                    COMPREPLY[$i]="${COMPREPLY[$i]}/"
+                fi
+            done
+            compopt -o nospace
+        fi
+    fi
+    return
+}
+
+complete -F __tykky_completions tykky
diff --git a/etc/profile.d/tykky.sh b/etc/profile.d/tykky.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e55baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/profile.d/tykky.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Tykky shell functions to activate/deactivate environments
+
+__tykky_dir=""
+if [ -n "${BASH_SOURCE:-}" ]; then
+    __tykky_dir="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+elif [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ]; then
+    __tykky_dir="$(dirname "${(%):-%N}")"
+elif [ -n "${KSH_VERSION:-}" ]; then
+    __tykky_dir="$(dirname "${.sh.file}")"
+else
+    # Generic POSIX shell case or dash
+    __tykky_dir="$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+__tykky_dir="$(realpath $(dirname $(dirname "$__tykky_dir")))"
+
+# Add the tykky tools to PATH if not present
+if [ "${PATH#*$__tykky_dir/bin:}" = "$PATH" ]; then
+    export PATH="$__tykky_dir/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+# Make available tykky functions for this shell and subshells
+for __function in $__tykky_dir/share/sh_functions/*; do
+    source $__function
+    if [ -z "$KSH_VERSION" ]; then
+        export -f $(basename $__function)
+    fi
+done
+unset __function
+
+# KSH does not support exporting functions
+if [ "${FPATH#*$__tykky_dir/share/sh_functions:}" = "$FPATH" ]; then
+    export FPATH="$__tykky_dir/share/sh_functions:$FPATH" 
+fi
+
+# Enable BASH autocompletion
+if [ -n "${BASH_VERSIONi:-}" ] && [ -n "${PS1:-}" ]; then
+    __tykky_bash_completion_file="$_tykky_dir/etc/bash_completion.d/tykky_completion"
+    [ -f "$__tykky_bash_completion_file" ] && . "$__tykky_bash_completion_file"
+    unset __tykky_bash_completion_file
+fi
+unset __tykky_dir
diff --git a/frontends/containerize b/frontends/containerize
index f6259f4..106021f 100755
--- a/frontends/containerize
+++ b/frontends/containerize
@@ -124,8 +124,27 @@ fi
 $M_SCRIPT_DIR/../post.sh || { print_err "Failed to move to install dir"; false ; }
 test -f "$_usr_yaml" && rm "$_usr_yaml"
 end=`date +%s`
-print_info "Done, duration: $((end-start))s" 1
-print_info "Program has been installed to $CW_INSTALLATION_PREFIX
-\tTo use add the bin folder to your path e.g:
-\texport PATH=\"$_inst_path/bin:\$PATH\"" 1
 
+
+if command -v tykky &>/dev/null ; then
+    _env_root=$(realpath $(dirname $_inst_path))
+    _env_name=$CW_INSTALLATION_PREFIX
+    IFS=':' read -r -a _paths <<< "${TYKKY_PATH:-$HOME/.tykky}"
+    for _path in "${_paths[@]}"; do
+        if [ "$_env_root" = "$(realpath $_path)" ]; then
+            _env_name=$(basename $CW_INSTALLATION_PREFIX)
+            break
+        fi
+    done
+    info_msg="Environment has been installed to $CW_INSTALLATION_PREFIX
+\tTo use, activate with:
+\ttykky activate $_env_name
+\tAlternatively, add the bin folder to your path e.g:
+\texport PATH=\"$_inst_path/bin:\$PATH\"" 
+else
+    info_msg="Program has been installed to $CW_INSTALLATION_PREFIX
+\tTo use add the bin folder to your path e.g:
+\texport PATH=\"$_inst_path/bin:\$PATH\""
+fi
+print_info "Done, duration: $((end-start))s" 1
+print_info "$info_msg" 1
diff --git a/share/sh_functions/__tykky_activate b/share/sh_functions/__tykky_activate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521b345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/sh_functions/__tykky_activate
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Tykky shell functions to activate/deactivate environments
+__tykky_activate() {
+    # Activate a Tykky environment. Change PS1 if interactive by default,
+    # unless TYKKY_CHANGE_PS1 is set to 0
+
+    if [ -z "${2:-}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: You must specify a valid tykky environment to activate" >&2
+        false
+        return
+    fi
+    __candidate=$(__tykky_get_env_path $2)
+    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+        false
+        return
+    fi
+    if [ -n "$__candidate" ]; then
+        __tykky_deactivate
+        export TYKKY_PREFIX="$(realpath $__candidate)"
+        export PATH=$TYKKY_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
+        if [ -n "${PS1:-}" ] && [ "${TYKKY_CHANGE_PS1:-}" != "0" ]; then
+            PS1="($(basename $(echo $TYKKY_PREFIX))) $PS1"
+        fi
+    fi
+    unset __candidate
+}
diff --git a/share/sh_functions/__tykky_deactivate b/share/sh_functions/__tykky_deactivate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..560d4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/sh_functions/__tykky_deactivate
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Tykky shell functions to activate/deactivate environments
+__tykky_deactivate() {
+    # Deactivate a Tykky environment. Change PS1 if interactive by default,
+
+    if [ -n "${TYKKY_PREFIX:-}" ]; then
+        export PATH=$(echo $PATH | sed -e "s|$TYKKY_PREFIX/bin:||g")
+        if [ -n "${PS1:-}" ]; then 
+            PS1="$(echo "$PS1" | sed -e "s|^($(basename $TYKKY_PREFIX)) ||")"
+        fi
+        unset TYKKY_PREFIX
+    fi
+}
+
diff --git a/share/sh_functions/__tykky_get_env_path b/share/sh_functions/__tykky_get_env_path
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..686954a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/sh_functions/__tykky_get_env_path
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Tykky shell functions to activate/deactivate environments
+__tykky_get_env_path() {
+    # Get and validate installation path of a tykky environment.
+    # If a name is passed as an argument, try to find it in colon-separated
+    # list TYKKY_PATH
+
+    __candidate=""
+    case "$1" in
+        */*)
+            __candidate="${1%/}"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            oldIFS=$IFS
+            IFS=:
+            for __tykky_path in ${TYKKY_PATH:-""}; do
+                IFS=$oldIFS
+                if [ -d "$__tykky_path/$1" ]; then
+                    if [ -n "$__candidate"  ]; then
+                        echo "WARNING: Additional candidate tykky environments found in TYKKY_PATH for $1, only the first one will be considered" >&2
+                        echo -e "\tfirst candidate: $__candidate"  >&2
+                        echo -e "\tnew candidate: $__tykky_path/$1" >&2
+                    else 
+                        __candidate="${__tykky_path%/}/${1%/}"
+                    fi
+                    #break
+                fi
+            done
+            if [ -d "$1" ];then
+                # If there is a matching foldername in the current directory
+                # and the name does not match anyhing in tykky_path, also test that for convinience
+                # this is to be consistent with that the first case allows relative paths 
+                # so then relative paths in the current directory withouth / should also work
+                if [ -z "$__candidate" ];then
+                 __candidate=$PWD/$1
+
+                # Ambiguous reference as we might have multiple matches
+                else 
+                   _tp_candidate=$(readlink -f $__candidate) 
+                   _d_candidate=$(readlink -f $1)
+                   # if same folder let's not emit a warning 
+                   # following pseudo standard -> command line arguments override environment settings
+                   if [ ! "$_tp_candidate" = "$_d_candidate" ];then
+                        echo "WARNING: Multiple candidate tykky environments for $1, activating the one in the current directory"  >&2
+                        echo -e "\tfrom TYKKY_PATH: $_tp_candidate"  >&2
+                        echo -e "\tfrom current directory: $_d_candidate"  >&2
+                   fi
+
+                fi
+            fi
+               
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Validation of genunine tykky installation
+    if [ -f "$__candidate/common.sh" ] && [ -d "$__candidate/bin" ]; then
+        echo "$__candidate"
+        unset __candidate __tykky_path 
+    else
+        unset __candidate __tykky_path 
+        echo "ERROR: $1 is not a valid tykky environment" >&2
+        if [ ! -d "$1" ] ; then
+           echo -e "\t$1 does not exists or parent folder is not in TYKKY_PATH" >&2
+           echo -e "\tCurrent value: TYKKY_PATH=$TYKKY_PATH" >&2
+        fi
+        false
+    fi
+
+}
diff --git a/share/sh_functions/tykky b/share/sh_functions/tykky
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0285671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/sh_functions/tykky
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Tykky shell functions to activate/deactivate environments
+tykky() {
+    # Top level shell function to activate and deactivate Tykky environments
+
+    case "${1:-}" in
+        activate)
+            __tykky_activate "$@"
+            ;;
+        deactivate)
+            __tykky_deactivate "$@"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Usage: tykky activate <env_name_or_dir>"
+            echo "       tykky deactivate"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}