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Anaconda is a package manager, an environment manager, and Python distribution that contains a collection of many open source packages.

This is advantageous as when you are working on a data science project, you will find that you need many different packages (numpy, scikit-learn, scipy, pandas to name a few), which an installation of Anaconda comes preinstalled with.

If you need additional packages after installing Anaconda, you can use Anacondas package manager, conda, or pip to install those packages.

This is highly advantageous as you dont have to manage dependencies between multiple packages yourself.

Conda even makes it easy to switch between Python 2 and 3 (you can learn more here ).

In fact, an installation of Anaconda is also the recommended way to install Jupyter Notebooks which you can learn more about here on the DataCamp community.

If you arent sure which Python version you want to install, choose Python 3.

The recommended approach is to not check the box to add Anaconda to your path.

This means you will have to use Anaconda Navigator or the Anaconda Command Prompt (located in the Start Menu under Anaconda) when you wish to use Anaconda (you can always add Anaconda to your PATH later if you dont check the box).

If you want to be able to use Anaconda in your command prompt (or git bash, cmder, powershell etc), please use the alternative approach and check the box.

This is for the case where you didnt check the box in step 6 and now want to add Anaconda to your Path.

This is checking if you already have Anaconda added to your path.

If you get a command not recognized error like in the left side of the image below, proceed to step 3.

If you get an output similar to the right side of the image below, you have already added Anaconda to your path.

This is telling you where conda and python are located on your computer.

You can do this by going to your Environment Variables and adding the output of step 3 (enclosed in the red rectangle) to your path.

If you are having issues, here is a short video on adding conda and python to your PATH.

Try typing conda --version and python --version into the Command Prompt to check to see if everything went well.

If you would like to learn more about Anaconda, you can learn more about it here.

Steps To Anaconda Code Using Jupyter

If you arent sure what to do to start coding on your computer, I recommend you check out the the Jupyter Notebook Definitive Guide to learn how to code using Jupyter Notebooks.

If you want to learn about Python for Data Science, I suggest you check out the DataCamp course Intro to Python for Data Science.

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