This page tries to detail the installation and setup of Anaconda. Anaconda is a package and environment manager. While there are several different virtual environment managers like pipenv, venv, pipenv, pew etc, however, Anaconda while it has its own set of challenges and disadvantages, however it is one of the easiest well-rounded package and environment manager with tools both interactive and command line that make it both easy to use as well as manage several different projects simultaneously.

Installation and Setup Instructions:

1. Download Anaconda Individual Edition from Anaconda website

2. Install the downloaded executable

Verification of Successful Install:

Upon completing the above steps, you can expect to see a few Anaconda components installed on your machine. There are 3 components that come with the successful installation of Anaconda, they are:

1. Anaconda Prompt - A command line interface running Windows Shell Environment using cmd.exe
2. Anaconda Power shell Prompt - A command line interface running Windows Shell Environment using powershell.exe
3. Anaconda Navigator - A GUI interface that enables the user to perform all the same actions as allowed by the command line interfaces

After installing Anaconda, you should expect to see the following search results as shown below: