Installing and updating packages¶

Anaconda comes with a lot of scientific packages, however if you need an additional package or want to update one, you can use conda or pip.

Update Anaconda Distribution¶

Anaconda publishes updates to its whole distribution every few months. Start Anaconda Prompt and update then by

conda update conda
conda update anaconda

Many packages are hosted on Anaconda Cloud, you can search there for a package and follow the install instructions.

Typically you can install a new package with the following command inside Anaconda Prompt:

conda install -c conda-forge tensorflow

or

pip install tensorflow

pip:

conda:

general purposed package manager
- mainly used for python
some packages are outdated
recommented for libraries that have C++ dependencies (numpy, scipy, matplotlib, cython, numba, …)
- These are well maintained from anaconda
- numpy is usually faster when installed from conda