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| ==== Channels ==== | ==== Channels ==== |
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| The ''default'' conda channel points to anacondas repository. However this repo does not always contain the latest packages. There is a community driven channel called ''conda-forge'' that has many more packages and most of the time the newer versions readily available. | The ''default'' conda channel points to anacondas repository. However this repo does not always contain the latest packages. There are a number of community driven channels (e.g. ''conda-forge'') that have many more packages and most of the time the newer versions readily available. |
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| To use ''conda-forge'' you need to specify ''--channel conda-forge'' when executing conda install commands. | Popular channels |
| | - ''conda-forge'' - [[https://conda-forge.org/feedstock-outputs/]] |
| | - ''bioconda'' - [[https://bioconda.github.io/conda-package_index.html]] |
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| If you always want to use ''conda-forge'' you can executed the following statement to make it the default for your user | To use e.g. ''conda-forge'' you need to specify ''--channel conda-forge'' when executing conda install commands. |
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| | If you want to set e.g. ''conda-forge'' as default for your user you can achieve this by executing the following statement: |
| <code bash> | <code bash> |
| conda config --add channels conda-forge | conda config --add channels conda-forge |