Installing on macOS

You can install Anaconda using either the graphical installer (“wizard”) or the
command line (“manual”) instructions below. If you are unsure, choose the graphical install.

macOS graphical install

  1. Download the graphical macOS installer for your version of Python.

  2. OPTIONAL: Verify data integrity with MD5 or SHA-256.
    For more information on hashes, see What about cryptographic hash verification?.

  3. Double-click the downloaded file and click continue to start the installation.

  4. Answer the prompts on the Introduction, Read Me, and License screens.

  5. Click the Install button to install Anaconda in your home user directory (recommended):

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  6. OR, click the Change Install Location button to install in another location (not recommended).

    On the Destination Select screen, select Install for me only.

    Note

    If you get the error message “You cannot install Anaconda in this location,” reselect Install for me only.

    ../../../_images/osx-install-destination.png

  7. Click the continue button.

  8. Optional: To install PyCharm for Anaconda, click on the link to https://www.anaconda.com/pycharm.

    ../../../_images/osx-install-pycharm.png

    Or to install Anaconda without PyCharm, click the Continue button.

  9. A successful installation displays the following screen:

    ../../../_images/osx-install-success.png

  10. After your install is complete, verify it by opening Anaconda Navigator, a
    program that is included with Anaconda: from Launchpad, select
    Anaconda Navigator. If Navigator opens, you have successfully
    installed Anaconda. If not, check that you completed each step above, then
    see our Help page.

Tip

For more information about using Anaconda-Navigator,
see Navigator.

Using the command-line install

Use this method if you prefer to use a terminal window.

  1. In your browser, download the command-line version of the
    macOS installer for your system.

  2. OPTIONAL: Verify data integrity with MD5 or SHA-256.
    For more information on hashes, see What about cryptographic hash verification?

  3. Install for Python 3.7 or 2.7:

    • For Python 3.7 enter the following:

      bash ~/Downloads/Anaconda3-2019.07-MacOSX-x86_64.sh

    • For Python 2.7, open the Terminal.app or iTerm2 terminal application and then enter the following:

      bash ~/Downloads/Anaconda2-2019.07-MacOSX-x86_64.pkg

    Note

    Include the bash command regardless of whether or not you are using the Bash shell.

    Note

    Replace ~/Downloads with your actual path and Anaconda3-2019.07-MacOSX-x86_64.sh with actual name of the file you downloaded.

  4. The installer prompts “In order to continue the installation process, please review the license agreement.”
    Click Enter to view license terms.

  5. Scroll to the bottom of the license terms and enter yes to agree to them.

  6. The installer prompts you to Press Enter to confirm the location, Press CTRL-C to cancel the installation
    or specify an alternate installation directory. If you accept the default install location, the installer
    displays “PREFIX=/home/<user>/anaconda<2 or 3>” and continues the installation. It may take a few minutes to complete.

    Note

    We recommend you accept the default install location. Do not choose the path as /usr for the
    Anaconda/Miniconda installation.

  7. The installer prompts “Do you wish the installer to initialize Anaconda3
    by running conda init?” We recommend “yes”.

    Note

    If you enter “no”, then conda will not modify your shell scripts at all.
    In order to initialize after the installation process is done, first run
    source <path to conda>/bin/activate and then run conda init.

  8. The installer displays “Thank you for installing Anaconda!”

  9. Optional: The installer describes the partnership between Anaconda and JetBrains and
    provides a link to install PyCharm for Anaconda at
    https://www.anaconda.com/pycharm.

  10. Close and open your terminal window for the Anaconda installation to take effect.

  11. To control whether or not each shell session has the base environment
    activated or not, run conda config --set auto_activate_base False
    or True    . To run conda from anywhere without having the base environment
    activated by default, use conda config --set auto_activate_base False.
    This only works if you have run conda init first.

    Note

    conda init is available in conda versions 4.6.12 and later.

  12. To verify the installation, see Verifying your installation.