A quick guide to Miniconda

If you want to install Miniconda on Windows without digging through the original documentation to find the information you need, you’ve come to the right place.

This tiny guide will tell you what Miniconda is, why you need it, how to install Miniconda and Anaconda Navigator on Windows, and a little bit about how to use them.

The guide is written for GeekWriter, it is based on official documentation for Anaconda and conda, with small additions from me.

• What is Miniconda
• Installing Miniconda on Windows
  • System requirements
  • Downloading the installer
  • Checking the installer hash sum
  • Installing Miniconda
• Managing Miniconda through the command line
  • Viewing basic conda information
  • Basic commands to manage the environment
  • Basic commands to manage packages
• Anaconda Navigator
• Useful links