Installation — Anaconda documentation (2024)

FAQs

How long should it take to install Anaconda? ›

While it is mostly unattended, the download and installation of Anaconda can take a fair amount of time (approximately 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the speed of your system), so it is highly recommended to do this before you arrive at the tutorial session (and when you have access to a decent internet connection).

This may be because your system lacks the sufficient disk space or memory to complete the process. Verify that you have enough disk space and memory on your system to install and use Anaconda packages. The minimum system requirements for Miniconda and Anaconda installers can be found in the conda user guide.

To test your installation, in your Terminal window or Anaconda Prompt, run the command conda list . For a successful installation, a list of installed packages appears.

Anaconda recommends installing Anaconda or Miniconda into a directory that contains only 7-bit ASCII characters and no spaces, such as C:\anaconda . Do not install into paths that contain spaces such as C:\Program Files or that include Unicode characters outside the 7-bit ASCII character set.

Anaconda is built after Python, and thus it is imperative to have Python installed on the computer to use Anaconda. However, you do not need to install Python separately when using Anaconda, as Anaconda comes with its own version of Python.

Choosing Between Anaconda and Python

If the project is more general-purpose, like requiring web development or building a backend, and does not require specialized tools, then Python may be a better choice.

When installing Anaconda, a pop-up menu may ask whether or not to “Add Anaconda to my PATH environment variable”, and “Register Anaconda as my default Python 3.5.” We suggest accepting both options for the purposes of this class. The installation will take about 15 minutes. Click Finish to close the window when done.

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On Windows, macOS, and Linux, it is best to install Anaconda for the local user, which does not require administrator permissions and is the most robust type of installation. However, with administrator permissions, you can install Anaconda system wide.

What is the difference between conda and Anaconda? ›

Anaconda includes hundreds of packages, whereas Miniconda includes just a few. conda is an open source tool that comes with both Anaconda and Miniconda, and it functions as both a package manager and an environment manager.

You can install the conda package manager with Anaconda Distribution or Miniconda. From there, you have several ways in which you can get packages to use in your conda environments: Over 250 packages are automatically installed with Anaconda.

The uninstall procedure might leave behind certain artifacts, such as desktop shortcuts or supplementary files, that must be deleted manually after completion. This is a known issue that is being addressed.

While Jupyter runs code in many programming languages, Python is a requirement (Python 3.3 or greater, or Python 2.7) for installing the Jupyter Notebook. We recommend using the Anaconda distribution to install Python and Jupyter.

It could be due to various reasons such as a wrong configuration or just bad hardware, even though no hardware should have problems running anaconda could you please give a syscall trace when you run anaconda or just what dlls anaconda is using.

With an empty repository, a base install requires 2 GB. Internet access to download the files from Anaconda.org or a USB drive containing all of the files you need with alternate instructions for air gapped installations.

Conclusion. We saw how easy it is to set up an environment for you to install Python on your computer. It does not take more than 5 minutes in the best case. In case if you face any issues, please post in the comments section.

Yeah, they can be removed. The Live install method works by copying the actual Live contents to the target system, and of course Anaconda has to be part of those contents so you can run it and do the install. If space is at a premium, you can remove them.