Anaconda¶

Anaconda Distribution is a popular platform that contains

• conda - a package and environment manager for your command line interface
• Over 300 automaticall-installed packages

Installation¶

To install Anaconda, download the installer from the Anaconda website. The installer will ask you to accept the license agreement, choose the installation directory.

Usage¶

After installing Anaconda, you can open the Anaconda Prompt to chekc your python version

check python¶

# check python location
where python

# check python version 
python -V

Setting up virtual environment¶

Create a virtual environment¶

Right click the Anaconda prompt and Run as Administrator (This step will ensure that your package is installed in Anaconda/env folder)

Create a virtual environment named as 'np' with python version 3.9

conda create -n np python=3.9

List virtual environment¶

now if you list virgual envionment, you can see the virtual environment that you just create

conda env list

Activate virtual environment¶

if you virtual environment named as 'arcgis_python'

activate np

Install packages (e.g., numpy)¶

conda install numpy

Remove a virtual environmen named 'np'¶

conda remove -n np --all -y