<s>
Conda	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
language-agnostic	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
environment	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
to	O
solve	O
difficult	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
challenges	O
faced	O
by	O
Python	B-Language
data	O
scientists	O
,	O
and	O
today	O
is	O
a	O
popular	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
R	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Python	I-Application
distribution	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Anaconda	B-Application
Inc.	O
,	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
so	O
it	O
was	O
spun	O
out	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
package	O
,	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	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	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conda	B-Application
is	O
a	O
NumFOCUS	O
affiliated	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conda	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
easily	O
install	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
binary	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
and	O
any	O
required	O
libraries	O
appropriate	O
for	O
their	O
computing	B-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
package	O
versions	O
and	O
download	O
and	O
install	O
updates	O
from	O
a	O
software	B-Application
repository	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conda	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
but	O
can	O
manage	O
projects	O
containing	O
code	O
written	O
in	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>
Conda	B-Application
can	O
install	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
</s>
<s>
while	O
similar	O
Python-based	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
package	B-Application
managers	I-Application
(	O
such	O
as	O
wheel	O
or	O
pip	B-Application
)	O
cannot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
popular	O
Conda	B-Application
channel	O
for	O
bioinformatics	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
Bioconda	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
multiple	O
software	O
distributions	O
for	O
computational	O
biology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
big	O
difference	O
between	O
Conda	B-Application
and	O
the	O
pip	B-Application
package	B-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
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
versions	O
of	O
Pip	B-Application
released	O
prior	O
to	O
version	O
20.3	O
,	O
Pip	B-Application
installs	O
all	O
Python	B-Language
package	O
dependencies	O
required	O
,	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
those	O
conflict	O
with	O
other	O
packages	O
previously	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
a	O
working	O
installation	O
of	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Google	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
will	O
suddenly	O
stop	O
working	O
when	O
a	O
user	O
pip-installs	O
a	O
new	O
package	O
that	O
needs	O
a	O
different	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
NumPy	B-Application
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
might	O
still	O
appear	O
to	O
work	O
but	O
the	O
user	O
could	O
get	O
different	O
results	O
or	O
be	O
unable	O
to	O
reproduce	O
the	O
same	O
results	O
on	O
a	O
different	O
system	O
because	O
the	O
user	O
did	O
not	O
pip-install	O
packages	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conda	B-Application
checks	O
the	O
current	O
environment	O
,	O
everything	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
installed	O
,	O
any	O
version	O
limitations	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
specifies	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
user	O
only	O
wants	O
TensorFlow	B-Language
>=	O
2.0	O
)	O
and	O
figures	O
out	O
how	O
to	O
install	O
compatible	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pip	B-Application
,	O
by	O
contrast	O
,	O
will	O
just	O
install	O
the	O
package	O
the	O
user	O
specified	O
and	O
any	O
dependencies	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
that	O
breaks	O
other	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
