Managing packages with Anaconda Navigator

After installing Anaconda, you will notice a working folder with various applications inside of it. One of these is Anaconda Navigator, which provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI). You can compare it to Windows File Explorer, that is, an environment to manage projects, packages, and environments. The term environment refers to a collection of packages and a Python install. Notice that this is similar to how you would use virtualenv, but this time using a GUI instead of a command prompt to create one (virtualenv is covered in more detail later in this chapter).

After opening Anaconda Navigator, click the Environments tab on the left of the screen and Anaconda Navigator will provide an overview ...

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