Anaconda is an open source Python/R distribution, developed to seamlessly manage packages, dependencies and environments. It is compatible with Windows, Linux and macOS and requires 3 GB of disk space. It needs this memory to download and install quite a collection of IDEs and more than 720 packages. For instance, NumPy and pandas are two of the packages that come pre-installed with Anaconda.
The following image shows a summary of the constituents of the Anaconda distribution. Each component has been summarized in the list:
- ANACONDA NAVIGATOR: A portal to access all the IDEs and tools
- ANACONDA PROJECT: Reproducible experiments saved as a file using notebooks with text guidelines, code snippets, and their output
- DATA SCIENCE LIBRARIES: Includes pre-installed packages for IDEs, scientific computing, visualization, and machine learning
- CONDA: A command line-based package manager to install, uninstall, and upgrade packages/libraries:
Utilities under Anaconda