How to do it...

Take a look at the following steps to get started:

  1. Start by downloading the Anaconda distribution from https://www.anaconda.com/download. Choose Python version 3. In any case, this is not fundamental, because Anaconda will let you use Python 2 if you need it. You can accept all the installation defaults, but you may want to make sure that the conda binaries are in your path (do not forget to open a new window so that the path is updated). If you have another Python distribution, be careful with your PYTHONPATH and existing Python libraries. It's probably better to unset your PYTHONPATH. As much as possible, uninstall all other Python versions and installed Python libraries.
  2. Let's go ahead with the libraries. We will now create ...

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