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Anaconda

Anaconda is a data science platform that supports Python and R. It comes with many packages that are needed to perform good data science.

Multi-user installation

Note the differences below, but this mostly follows [Anaconda’s Installing on Linux for multiple users] (https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/multi-user/#multi-user-anaconda-installation-on-linux).

Login as root, sudo -i.
Follow instructions but change the install directory to /opt/anaconda3.
Create a new groups, addgroup conda-grp.
Set the conda-grp as owner of the anaconda directory, chgrp -R conda-grp /opt/anaconda3.
Change read/write permsissions on the directory, chmod 770 -R /opt/anaconda3.
Add users to the group, usermod -a -G conda-grp youruser.
Logout root, exit.
Exit your shell session exit.
Start a new session.
Connect your user to the base environment

source /opt/anaconda3/bin/activate
conda init

Restart your session again.
Upon login, you should note (base) appears by your prompt.
Verify the installation, conda list which lists all of the installed packages.
Test python is from Anaconda, python. This starts the python shell with a heading that indicates the version and the source as Anaconda.
Quit the python shell, exit().
Update the conda package manager, conda update conda.
Update all packages, conda update --all.

Your Anaconda installation is complete and has fully functioning python environment. Now view the User guide. If you are working in the gui, start Anaconda Navigator, anaconda-navigator.

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