Why Anaconda does not recognize conda command?

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user4584333 picture user4584333 · Feb 19, 2015 · Viewed 204.1k times · Source

I installed the latest version of Anaconda. Now I want to install OpenCV within it. When I type:

conda install -c https://conda.binstar.org/anaconda opencv

I get this message error: "conda is not recognized as internal command ..." (sorry, I try to translate from French because my OS is in French)

The problem is that conda comes with Anaconda, so I wonder why lauching Anaconda and type the above command does not work ?

Answer

fabda01 picture fabda01 · May 5, 2017

For Windows

Go to Control Panel\System and Security\System\Advanced System Settings then look for Environment Variables.

Your user variables should contain Path=Path\to\Anaconda3\Scripts.

You need to figure where your Anaconda3 folder is (i.e. the path to this folder) . Mine was in C:\Users.

For Linux

You need to add conda to PATH. To do so, type:

export PATH=/path/to/anaconda3/bin:$PATH.

Same thing, you need to figure the path to anaconda3 folder (Usually, the path is stored in $HOME)

If you don't want to do this everytime you start a session, you can also add conda to PATH in your .bashrc file:

echo 'export PATH=/path/to/anaconda3/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc

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