Anaconda is is the leading open data science platform powered by Python. The open source version of Anaconda is a high performance distribution of Python and R and includes over 100 of the most popular Python, R and Scala packages for data science. Additionally, you’ll have access to over 720 packages that can easily be installed with ‘conda’, our renowned package, dependency and environment manager, that is included in Anaconda.
Data scientists need this distribution by Anaconda for its simplicity in maintaining many packages.
Anaconda comes with many flavors. You can also choose 32-bit or 64-bit version depending on your Operating System. To download your Anaconda, visit https://www.continuum.io/downloads.
Installing Anaconda is a breeze. You just need to point your installation folder to your liking. The installer will take care other settings. It is important that you choose installation for yourself rather than for all users. This will prevent packages installation permission problems later on.
To check Anaconda installation, open your command prompt. Click Windows icon or press Windows button and type in ‘cmd’ (without parentheses). This will open a command prompt window. Enter a command such as ‘conda list’. If Anaconda is installed and working, this will display a list of installed packages and their versions.
Another way to confirm that Anaconda is installed and working by entering the command ‘python’ to run the Python shell. If Anaconda is installed and working, the version information will be displayed. Use the command ‘quit()’ to exit the Python shell.
Anaconda also comes with Conda (both a package manager and an environment manager). Enter ‘conda –version’ (without parentheses). Conda will respond with the version number that you have installed, like: conda 3.11.0
NOTE: If you see an error message, check to see that you are logged into the same user account that you used to install Anaconda, and that you have closed and re-opened the terminal window after installing it.
(Source: https://www.continuum.io/downloads)
Dosen Riefvan 