Questions tagged [anaconda]
Anaconda is a Python distribution that bundles optimized versions of common data science packages. On topic for this tag are installing/uninstalling Anaconda and using Anaconda Navigator. Do not use this tag for questions about Conda environment management (instead use [conda]). Do not use this tag if your question is about using a particular package in the Anaconda distribution.
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How can I rename a conda environment?
I have a conda environment named old_name, how can I change its name to new_name without breaking references?
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Conda environments not showing up in Jupyter Notebook
I installed Anaconda (with Python 2.7), and installed Tensorflow in an environment called tensorflow. I can import Tensorflow successfully in that environment.
The problem is that Jupyter Notebook ...
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How to change the Jupyter start-up folder
I tried following the instructions given on the Jupyter Notebook documentation.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure it out. Where exactly is this "start in" field?
I've a windows 7 (64 bit) ...
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Installation Issue with matplotlib Python [duplicate]
I have issue after installing the matplotlib package unable to import matplotlib.pyplot as plt. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciate.
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
Traceback (...
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Using Pip to install packages to Anaconda Environment
conda 4.2.13
MacOSX 10.12.1
I am trying to install packages from pip to a fresh environment (virtual) created using anaconda. In the Anaconda docs it says this is perfectly fine. It is done the same ...
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Anaconda vs. miniconda
In the Anaconda repository, there are two types of installers:
"Anaconda installers" and "Miniconda installers".
What are their differences?
Besides, for an installer file, Anaconda2-4.4.0.1-...
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Jupyter Notebook not saving: '_xsrf' argument missing from post
I've been running a script on jupyter notebooks for about 26 hour; I haven't really been using my computer for anything else, but it needs to run this program that will take ~30 hours to complete. At ...
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How do I update Anaconda?
I have Anaconda installed on my computer and I'd like to update it. In Navigator I can see that there are several individual packages that can be updated, but also an anaconda package that sometimes ...
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How to update an existing Conda environment with a .yml file
How can a pre-existing conda environment be updated with another .yml file. This is extremely helpful when working on projects that have multiple requirement files, i.e. base.yml, local.yml, ...
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In which conda environment is Jupyter executing?
I have jupyter/anaconda/python3.5.
How can I know which conda environment is my jupyter notebook running on?
How can I launch jupyter from a new conda environment?
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How do I install Python OpenCV through Conda?
I'm trying to install OpenCV for Python through Anaconda, but I can't seem to figure this out.
I tried
conda install opencv
conda install cv2
I also tried searching
conda search cv
No cigar. I ...
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Does Conda replace the need for virtualenv?
I recently discovered Conda after I was having trouble installing SciPy, specifically on a Heroku app that I am developing.
With Conda you create environments, very similar to what virtualenv does. ...
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Python Anaconda - How to Safely Uninstall
I installed Python Anaconda on Mac (OS Mavericks). I wanted to revert to the default version of Python on my Mac. What's the best way to do this? Should I delete the ~/anaconda directory? Any other ...
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How do I upgrade to Python 3.6 with Conda?
I want to get the latest version of Python to use f-strings in my code. Currently my version is (python -V):
Python 3.5.2 :: Anaconda 4.2.0 (x86_64)
How would I upgrade to Python 3.6?
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'Conda' is not recognized as internal or external command
I installed Anaconda3 4.4.0 (32 bit) on my Windows 7 Professional machine and imported NumPy and Pandas on Jupyter notebook so I assume Python was installed correctly. But when I type conda list and ...
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Anaconda export Environment file
How can I make anaconda environment file which could be use on other computers?
I exported my anaconda python environment to YML using conda env export > environment.yml. The exported environment....
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What is the difference between pyenv, virtualenv, anaconda?
I am a ruby programmer trying to learn python. I am pretty familiar with pyenv since it is like a copy and paste from rbenv. Pyenv helps allow to have more than one version of python in a system and ...
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anaconda update all possible packages?
I tried the conda search --outdated, there are lots of outdated packages, for example the scipy is 0.17.1 but the latest is 0.18.0. However, when I do the conda update --all. It will not update any ...
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How can I run Conda?
I installed Anaconda and can run Python, so I assume that I installed it correctly. Following this introductory documentation, I am trying to install Python v3.3, so I am copying and pasting the ...
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anaconda/conda - install a specific package version
I want to install the 'rope' package in my current active environment using conda. Currently, the following 'rope' versions are available:
(data_downloader)user@user-ThinkPad ~/code/data_downloader $ ...
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The environment is inconsistent, please check the package plan carefully
I tried to update or install new packages from anaconda and lately, this message has appeared:
The environment is inconsistent, please check the package plan carefully
The following package are ...
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Combining conda environment.yml with pip requirements.txt
I work with conda environments and need some pip packages as well, e.g. pre-compiled wheels from ~gohlke.
At the moment I have two files: environment.yml for conda with:
# run: conda env create --...
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How to know which Python is running in Jupyter notebook?
I use Jupyter notebook in a browser for Python programming, I have installed Anaconda (Python 3.5). But I'm quite sure that Jupyter is running my python commands with the native python interpreter and ...
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How to change default Anaconda python environment
I've installed Anaconda and created two extra environments: py3k (which holds Python 3.3) and py34 (which holds Python 3.4). Besides those, I have a default environment named 'root' which the Anaconda ...
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Should conda, or conda-forge be used for Python environments?
Conda and conda-forge are both Python package managers. What is the appropriate choice when a package exists in both repositories? Django, for example, can be installed with either, but the difference ...
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How to activate an Anaconda environment
I'm on Windows 8, using Anaconda 1.7.5 64bit.
I created a new Anaconda environment with
conda create -p ./test python=2.7 pip
from C:\Pr\TEMP\venv\.
This worked well (there is a folder with a new ...
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how to specify new environment location for conda create
the default location for packages is .conda folder in my home directory. however, on the server I am using, there is a very strict limit of how much space I can use, which basically avoids me from ...
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn'
I want to import sklearn but there is no module apparently:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn'
I am using Anaconda and Python 3.6.1; I have checked everywhere but still can't find ...
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How to uninstall Anaconda completely from macOS
How can I completely uninstall Anaconda from MacOS Sierra and revert back to the original Python? I have tried using conda-clean -yes but that doesn't work. I also remove the stuff in ~/.bash_profile ...
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Bulk package updates using Conda
Is there a way (using conda update) that I can list outdated packages and select or bulk update (compatible) packages in Anaconda?
It doesn't make much sense updating the packages individually as ...
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How to add conda environment to jupyter lab
I'm using Jupyter Lab and I'm having trouble to add conda environment. The idea is to launch Jupyter Lab from my base environment, and then to be able to choose my other conda envs as kernels.
I ...
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Conda command not found
I've installed Miniconda and have added the environment variable export PATH="/home/username/miniconda3/bin:$PATH" to my .bashrc and .bash_profile, but still can't run any Conda commands in ...
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Conda command is not recognized on Windows 10
I installed Anaconda 4.4.0 (Python 3.6 version) on Windows 10 by following the instructions here: https://www.continuum.io/downloads. However, when I open the Command prompt window and try to write
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What are the differences between Conda and Anaconda?
Post-question update:
See Introduction to Conda for more details.
The problem:
I first installed Anaconda on my ubuntu at ~/anaconda, when I was trying to update my anaconda, according to the ...
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How do I revert to a previous package in Anaconda?
If I do
conda info pandas
I can see all of the packages available.
I updated my pandas to the latest this morning, but I need to revert to a prior version now. I tried
conda update pandas 0.13.1
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How to install two versions of Anaconda (Python 2 and 3) on Mac OS
I'm relatively new in macOS. I've just installed XCode (for c++ compiler) and Anaconda with the latest Python 3 (for myself). Now I'm wondering how to install properly second Anaconda (for work) with ...
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How do I keep track of pip-installed packages in an Anaconda (Conda) environment?
I've installed and have been using the Anaconda Python distribution, and I have started using the Anaconda (Conda) environment. I can use the standard conda install... command to put packages from the ...
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How to reset anaconda root environment
How do I reset the root environment of anaconda? There has to be a simple conda reset command that does this.
I don't want to reinstall anaconda all over again. I have other virtualenvs that I don't ...
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How to run Spyder in virtual environment?
I have been using Spyder installed with with Anaconda distribution which uses Python 2.7 as default. Currently I need to set up a development virtual environment with Python 3.4.
Top two suggestions ...
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How to free disk space taken up by (ana)conda?
I am using the conda package manager - a lot. By now I have quite a few environments and a lot of downloaded packages taking a lot of space on my SSD. An obvious path to free some of that space is to ...
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Upgrade to python 3.8 using conda
Python 3.8.0 is out, but I haven't been able to find any post on how to update to python 3.8 using conda - maybe they will wait for the official release? Any suggestions?
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What does this tensorflow message mean? Any side effect? Was the installation successful?
I just installed tensorflow v2.3 on anaconda python. I tried to test out the installation using the python command below;
$ python -c "import tensorflow as tf; x = [[2.]]; print('tensorflow ...
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How to remove (base) from terminal prompt after updating conda
After updating miniconda3, whenever I open a terminal it shows "(base)" in front of my username and host.
In this answer post https://askubuntu.com/a/1113206/315699 it was suggested to use
conda ...
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Conda activate not working?
gonzo ~/a/packages conda env list
# conda environments:
#
ppo_latest /nohome/jaan/abhishek/anaconda3/envs/ppo_latest
root * /nohome/jaan/abhishek/anaconda3
gonzo ...
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Get the list of packages installed in Anaconda
Over a period of time, I have loaded a number of packages into the Anaconda I have been using. Now I am not able to keep track of it. How do we get a list of all packages loaded in Anaconda (Windows ...
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How is Anaconda related to Python?
I am a beginner and I want to learn computer programming. So, for now, I have started learning Python by myself with some knowledge about programming in C and Fortran.
Now, I have installed Python ...
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how to update spyder on anaconda
I have Anaconda installed (Python 2.7.11 |Anaconda custom (64-bit)| (default, Feb 16 2016, 09:58:36) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32) and I am using Spyder 2.3.8
Would like to update Spyder to ...
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Stuck at Solving Environment on Anaconda
I am running OSX Catalina. After downloading Anaconda, I'm having trouble downloading external packages. I tried in both the GUI and the terminal, but the process keeps getting stuck at "Solving ...
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Where is site-packages located in a Conda environment?
After installing a package in an Conda environment, I'd like to make some changes to the code in that package.
Where can I find the site-packages directory containing the installed packages?
I have an ...
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anaconda - graphviz - can't import after installation
Just installed a package through anaconda (conda install graphviz), but ipython wouldn't find it.
I can see a graphviz folder in C:\Users\username\Anaconda\pkgs
But there's nothing in: C:\Users\...