Anaconda(User install)

Anaconda 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.

It is better to set the path only when you intend to use anaconda, for example, in a wrapper script

Installing Anaconda Within Your Home Directory

Download the installer from https://repo.continuum.io/archive/ or copy the install from /share/Source/RHEL75Anaconda/. The latest versions can be downloaded from https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/

All versions can be downloaded from https://repo.continuum.io/archive

For Python 3.6.5, https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda3-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh

For Python 2.7.15, https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda2-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh

In your terminal window type one of the below and follow the instructions:

Python 3.6.5 version,

bash Anaconda3-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh

Python 2.7.15 version

bash Anaconda2-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh

More details about installing, go to https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux/

Do NOT add the path to your anaconda installation to your .bashrc or .bash_profile, do so may cause your graphics session to fail! It is better to set the path only when you intend to use anaconda, for example, in a wrapper script
or in a shell,

For Python 2.7.15,

export PATH=/home/username/anaconda2/bin:$PATH

For Python 3.6.5,

export PATH=/home/username/anaconda3/bin:$PATH

where, username is your username.

To verify you installation type the following command,

conda list

For more information about using Anaconda go to https://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/

Example - Wrapper Script for Anaconda3

Create a text file called myconda, that contains the following,

#!/bin/bash
#
# MyConda Wrapper Script
#
export PATH=$HOME/anaconda3/bin:$PATH
bash

Then via the command line change the file to an executable by executing the following command,

chmod 755 myconda

Then copy the myconda script to your Wrappers directory.

Now every time you wish to use Anaconda3 simply execute the command,

myconda

To load the Anaconda3 environment.