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Anaconda

ApplicationAnaconda, Inc.

Dem still dey call am anaconda navigator, conda, anaconda3

Anaconda, Inc.Productivity

Python distribution plus Anaconda Navigator. The Windows process for the GUI na anaconda-navigator.exe. E no be the python.org installer.

Wetin you need know

Anaconda na huge distribution. python.org na the light CPython.

Anaconda Navigator na anaconda-navigator.exe. E dey carry conda and full scientific Python come. The python.org installer na smaller CPython. PyCharm na IDE wey fit connect to any of the interpreter.

Wetin e be?
Large Python distribution plus Navigator
Same thing as python.org?
No. Different installer and size
Huge install?
Yes. Na normal thing
Feex tok say
If Anaconda chop 10 GB, na the distribution, no be virus wey dem name python.exe. I no go uninstall python.org say I wan reduce Navigator size. Dem na different installs.

Wetin be Anaconda?

Anaconda na Python distribution with conda and Navigator. E no be the python.org installer and e no be PyCharm.

If you never use am before

If data class talk say make you install Anaconda, na this large distribution from anaconda.com/download. Navigator na anaconda-navigator.exe. conda dey manage packages. python.org na smaller official CPython. Miniconda na the slimmer sibling. Expect make the install big reach multi-gigabyte.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Navigator to launch Jupyter and IDEs

anaconda-navigator.exe na the GUI. python.org no get Navigator.

conda environments

conda create and conda install. venv for python.org na different tool.

Scientific package sets

NumPy and im friends already bundle join. Na why the installer big die.

Na who e dey for?

  • Students wey dem syllabus talk Anaconda, no be python.org
  • Data people wey want conda
  • Anybody wey disk space shock after "Python" install

Current status

Anaconda (2012) na current python distribution from Anaconda, Inc.. The vendor still dey point Windows users go https://www.anaconda.com/download.

How old e be?

Continuum / Anaconda Inc. release this distribution for 2012 for scientific Python. E young pass python.org (1991) and old pass most AI desktop apps. Current Anaconda Distribution builds still dey update. 2.7 Anaconda don enter history.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Anaconda Distribution
Miniconda

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system Current 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11 release, based on Anaconda
RAM Navigator no dey chop memory much. Na notebooks and dataframes dey decide memory use

Resource profile

CPU demand
Dey follow wetin you open inside di app
RAM demand
Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
anaconda-navigator.exe Anaconda Navigator GUI
python.exe The Anaconda interpreter inside the distro

Startup components

Navigator no need start with Windows. Conda env no be Windows service.

File locations

Common Anaconda locations
Typical install C:\Users\<you>\anaconda3\

File formats

PYIPYNBconda YAML

Common wahala dem

PATH dey fight with python.org

where.exe python fit point to Anaconda or to python.org. That kind mix dey scatter classes. Pick one default.

License terms for orgs

Anaconda get documents for commercial terms. python.org PSF builds get different license story.

How to get unstuck

Install from anaconda.com/download

Anaconda host the real installer. Random Anaconda ISO na useless thing.

conda info and where.exe python

Check whether Navigator interpreter na the one wey dey on top PATH. py -0p dey list python.org/Store installs too.

Use Miniconda if na only conda you want

Full Anaconda na the large bundle. python.org still be the other official CPython.

Alternatives

python.org plus pip if you want small runtime. Miniconda if you want conda without Navigator full bundle. PyCharm if na IDE you want.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download www.anaconda.com/download Official installer or vendor page
Help docs.anaconda.com/ Vendor support
Official site www.anaconda.com/ Start here, no be random exe host
Anaconda docs docs.anaconda.com/ Navigator, conda, and install size notes

Related hardware

Prepare for several GB of disk space. RAM dey follow notebooks and data, no be the Navigator tile.

Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

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