<s>
Anaconda	B-Application
is	O
a	O
distribution	B-Application
of	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
R	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
for	O
scientific	O
computing	O
(	O
data	O
science	O
,	O
machine	O
learning	O
applications	O
,	O
large-scale	O
data	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
,	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
that	O
aims	O
to	O
simplify	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
deployment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distribution	B-Application
includes	O
data-science	O
packages	O
suitable	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Anaconda	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Peter	O
Wang	O
and	O
Travis	O
Oliphant	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
Anaconda	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
product	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Distribution	B-Application
or	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Individual	O
Edition	O
,	O
while	O
other	O
products	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
are	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Team	O
Edition	O
and	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Edition	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Package	O
versions	O
in	O
Anaconda	B-Application
are	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
conda	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
was	O
spun	O
out	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
open-source	B-License
package	O
as	O
it	O
ended	O
up	O
being	O
useful	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
and	O
for	O
things	O
other	O
than	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
bootstrap	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Anaconda	B-Application
called	O
Miniconda	B-Application
,	O
which	O
includes	O
only	O
conda	B-Application
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
the	O
packages	O
they	O
depend	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Application
distribution	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
over	O
250	O
packages	O
automatically	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
7,500	O
additional	O
open-source	B-License
packages	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
PyPI	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
conda	B-Application
package	O
and	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
environment	I-General_Concept
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Navigator	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
graphical	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
big	O
difference	O
between	O
conda	B-Application
and	O
the	O
pip	B-Application
package	I-Application
manager	I-Application
is	O
in	O
how	O
package	O
dependencies	O
are	O
managed	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
significant	O
challenge	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
data	O
science	O
and	O
the	O
reason	O
conda	B-Application
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
version	O
20.3	O
,	O
when	O
pip	B-Application
installed	O
a	O
package	O
,	O
it	O
automatically	O
installed	O
any	O
dependent	O
Python	B-Language
packages	O
without	O
checking	O
if	O
these	O
conflict	O
with	O
previously	O
installed	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
working	O
installation	O
of	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
,	O
could	O
find	O
that	O
it	O
stopped	O
working	O
having	O
used	O
pip	B-Application
to	O
install	O
a	O
different	O
package	O
that	O
requires	O
a	O
different	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
dependent	O
numpy	B-Application
library	O
than	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
by	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
pip	B-Application
has	O
since	O
implemented	O
consistent	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
,	O
this	O
difference	O
accounts	O
for	O
a	O
historical	O
differentiation	O
of	O
the	O
conda	B-Application
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
conda	B-Application
analyses	O
the	O
current	O
environment	O
including	O
everything	O
currently	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
any	O
version	O
limitations	O
specified	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
user	O
may	O
wish	O
to	O
have	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
version	O
2	O
,	O
0	O
or	O
higher	O
)	O
,	O
works	O
out	O
how	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
compatible	O
set	O
of	O
dependencies	O
,	O
and	O
shows	O
a	O
warning	O
if	O
this	O
cannot	O
be	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-License
source	I-License
packages	O
can	O
be	O
individually	O
installed	O
from	O
the	O
Anaconda	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
,	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Cloud	O
(	O
anaconda.org	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
own	O
private	O
repository	B-General_Concept
or	O
mirror	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
conda	B-Application
install	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
compiles	B-Language
and	O
builds	O
the	O
packages	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Anaconda	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
itself	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
binaries	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
32/64	O
bit	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
64	B-Device
bit	I-Device
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
64-bit	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anything	O
available	O
on	O
PyPI	O
may	O
be	O
installed	O
into	O
a	O
conda	B-Application
environment	O
using	O
pip	B-Application
,	O
and	O
conda	B-Application
will	O
keep	O
track	O
of	O
what	O
it	O
has	O
installed	O
itself	O
and	O
what	O
pip	B-Application
has	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Custom	O
packages	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
using	O
the	O
conda	B-Application
build	O
command	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
with	O
others	O
by	O
uploading	O
them	O
to	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Cloud	O
,	O
PyPI	O
or	O
other	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
installation	O
of	O
Anaconda2	O
includes	O
Python	B-Language
2.7	O
and	O
Anaconda3	O
includes	O
Python	B-Language
3.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
environments	O
that	O
include	O
any	O
version	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
packaged	O
with	O
conda	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Application
Navigator	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
included	O
in	O
Anaconda	B-Application
distribution	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
launch	O
applications	O
and	O
manage	O
conda	B-Application
packages	O
,	O
environments	O
and	O
channels	O
without	O
using	O
command-line	B-Application
commands	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Navigator	O
can	O
search	O
for	O
packages	O
on	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Cloud	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
local	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Repository	B-General_Concept
,	O
install	O
them	O
in	O
an	O
environment	O
,	O
run	O
the	O
packages	O
and	O
update	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conda	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
language-agnostic	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
environment	O
management	O
system	O
that	O
installs	O
,	O
runs	O
,	O
and	O
updates	O
packages	O
and	O
their	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
programs	I-Language
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
package	O
and	O
distribute	O
software	O
for	O
any	O
language	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
R	B-Language
)	O
,	O
including	O
multi-language	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conda	B-Application
package	O
and	O
environment	O
manager	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Anaconda	B-Application
,	O
Miniconda	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Repository	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaconda	B-Application
Cloud	O
is	O
a	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
service	O
by	O
Anaconda	B-Application
where	O
users	O
can	O
find	O
,	O
access	O
,	O
store	O
and	O
share	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
notebooks	O
,	O
environments	O
,	O
and	O
conda	B-Application
and	O
PyPI	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cloud	O
hosts	O
useful	O
Python	B-Language
packages	O
,	O
notebooks	O
and	O
environments	O
for	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
build	O
new	O
packages	O
using	O
the	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Client	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
manually	O
or	O
automatically	O
upload	O
the	O
packages	O
to	O
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
