conda: package management tool

The conda command is the primary interface for managing an Anaconda installations. It can query and search the Anaconda package index and current Anaconda installation, create new Anaconda environments, and install and upgrade packages into existing Anaconda environments.

Examples

Create an Anaconda environment called myenv containing the latest version of scipy and all dependencies.

$ conda create -n myenv scipy

Install the latest version of pandas into myenv

$ conda install -n myenv pandas

Update all specified packages to latest versions in myenv

$ conda update -n myenv anaconda

Make myenv your default environment to begin using it

on linux and os x:

$ export PATH=~/anaconda/envs/myenv/bin:$PATH

on windows:

> set PATH=C:\Anaconda\envs\myenv\Scripts;%PATH%