Python Anaconda distribution Conda tips

Conda

Conda is an open source package management system and environment management system for installing multiple versions of software packages and their dependencies and switching easily between them. It works on Linux, OS X and Windows, and was created for Python programs but can package and distribute any software [1].

Conda is included in all versions of Anaconda, Anaconda Server, and Miniconda, and is not available separately [2].

Tips

There is a comprehensive documentation on Conda [3, 4] . Below is a small collection of useful commands.

General, Info

Check conda installation

$ conda info 

or version

$ conda -V

Installed packages

$ conda list

Installed package info

$ conda list pep8

Packages available for install

$ conda search

$ conda search scipy

Installing packages

install package, version

$ conda install matplotlib=1.2

Updating packages

Update package

$ conda update matplotlib

Update conda itself

$ conda update conda

Update Anaconda

$ conda update conda
$ conda update anaconda

Removing packages

Remove package

$ conda remove scipy

References

1. Conda.
2. Continuum downloads.
3. Anaconda-Quickstart.
4. Python Packages and Environments with conda.