Miniconda¶
Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other useful packages, including pip, zlib and a few others. Use the conda install command to install 720+ additional conda packages from the Anaconda repository.
System requirements¶
- License: Free use and redistribution under the terms of the EULA for Miniconda.
- Operating system: Windows 10 or newer, 64-bit macOS 10.13+, or Linux, including Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS 7+, and others.
- If your operating system is older than what is currently supported, you can find older versions of the Miniconda installers in our archive that might work for you.
- System architecture: Windows- 64-bit x86, 32-bit x86; macOS- 64-bit x86 & Apple M1 (ARM64); Linux- 64-bit x86, 64-bit aarch64 (AWS Graviton2), 64-bit IBM Power8/Power9, s390x (Linux on IBM Z & LinuxONE).
- The linux-aarch64 Miniconda installer requires glibc >=2.26 and thus will not work with CentOS 7, Ubuntu 16.04, or Debian 9 (“stretch”).
- Minimum 400 MB disk space to download and install.
On Windows, macOS, and Linux, it is best to install Miniconda for the local user, which does not require administrator permissions and is the most robust type of installation. However, if you need to, you can install Miniconda system wide, which does require administrator permissions.
Installing¶
Latest Miniconda Installer Links¶
| Platform | Name | SHA256 hash |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit | 00e8370542836862d4c790aa8966f1d7344a8addd4b766004febcb23f40e2914 |
| Miniconda3 Windows 32-bit | 4fb64e6c9c28b88beab16994bfba4829110ea3145baa60bda5344174ab65d462 | |
| macOS | Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit bash | 1622e7a0fa60a7d3d892c2d8153b54cd6ffe3e6b979d931320ba56bd52581d4b |
| Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit pkg | 2236a243b6cbe6f16ec324ecc9e631102494c031d41791b44612bbb6a7a1a6b4 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash | c8f436dbde130f171d39dd7b4fca669c223f130ba7789b83959adc1611a35644 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit pkg | 837371f3b6e8ae2b65bdfc8370e6be812b564ff9f40bcd4eb0b22f84bf9b4fe5 | |
| Linux | Miniconda3 Linux 64-bit | 634d76df5e489c44ade4085552b97bebc786d49245ed1a830022b0b406de5817 |
| Miniconda3 Linux-aarch64 64-bit | 3962738cfac270ae4ff30da0e382aecf6b3305a12064b196457747b157749a7a | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-ppc64le 64-bit | 92237cb2a443dd15005ec004f2f744b14de02cd5513a00983c2f191eb43d1b29 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-s390x 64-bit | 221a4cd7f0a9275c3263efa07fa37385746de884f4306bb5d1fe5733ca770550 |
Windows installers¶
| Python version | Name | Size | SHA256 hash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.11 | Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit | 73.2 MiB | 00e8370542836862d4c790aa8966f1d7344a8addd4b766004febcb23f40e2914 |
| Python 3.10 | Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit | 69.5 MiB | e15638645b34921098a3f760fd8af07e53a427f59b99a0f049420a7751cbbc05 |
| Python 3.9 | Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit | 70.0 MiB | f5738ced68d9ed82996575202dea9375c51fa6419a8e0f3456398c6557a87dc2 |
| Miniconda3 Windows 32-bit | 67.8 MiB | 4fb64e6c9c28b88beab16994bfba4829110ea3145baa60bda5344174ab65d462 | |
| Python 3.8 | Miniconda3 Windows 64-bit | 71.0 MiB | 585befbcd3a3b532d34bba8ab63818d6bc7cfde975b5d6a7fc49483b6a84f371 |
| Miniconda3 Windows 32-bit | 66.8 MiB | 60cc5874b3cce9d80a38fb2b28df96d880e8e95d1b5848b15c20f1181e2807db |
macOS installers¶
| Python version | Name | Size | SHA256 hash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.11 | Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit bash | 69.6 MiB | 1622e7a0fa60a7d3d892c2d8153b54cd6ffe3e6b979d931320ba56bd52581d4b |
| Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit pkg | 69.2 MiB | 2236a243b6cbe6f16ec324ecc9e631102494c031d41791b44612bbb6a7a1a6b4 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash | 68.6 MiB | c8f436dbde130f171d39dd7b4fca669c223f130ba7789b83959adc1611a35644 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit pkg | 68.1 MiB | 837371f3b6e8ae2b65bdfc8370e6be812b564ff9f40bcd4eb0b22f84bf9b4fe5 | |
| Python 3.10 | Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit bash | 65.6 MiB | 13c57188a4bcb7462a7580c9ddf8ff2d301e353c835d33042a51a231667cf25d |
| Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit pkg | 65.2 MiB | 7654b911e5649b051d9695e015bc2f24309fbade5d6298ba4c2f2d2118bd524a | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash | 64.6 MiB | 71b7ca2ae4068504f9c6dab30fd6e83694086241156af1e319d598befe0f3a26 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit pkg | 64.2 MiB | 57674d7cd22529e8425c76507ebbc4ebb6eb4c2fa36b9563439ceb88b5401765 | |
| Python 3.9 | Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit bash | 65.0 MiB | dcbbdf92dc2954c79002b64ed53d3451e191dbdde0b30c67334f41dc6ca46ac1 |
| Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit pkg | 64.6 MiB | dd4068750b09409436f5e4829007b06e1726c34acf1aff7248a73b2562b6599f | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash | 64.1 MiB | 1b10164086354b39a46ff928eef5797ff57e0fa9706ccaf7d4e621b416541479 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit pkg | 63.7 MiB | c8fa540f615cf164f5a1200313be78654aaf074ca184bf22c4423e90802edd37 | |
| Python 3.8 | Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit bash | 66.5 MiB | 6dc8bfb3b382c31be1755545ae6afc5fbdf8a67726ffdb8a05b917204bd08779 |
| Miniconda3 macOS Intel x86 64-bit pkg | 66.2 MiB | ad702119896d6dbf25c945174b9999f5bff562e214654310d7f281aa18140349 | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash | 65.7 MiB | 782bd1a401b20b41227a086adae98e270bbc942c3b7621788fb5574a9583142e | |
| Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit pkg | 65.3 MiB | dd3eeb5b09f45aa5a1a4f921581582450f4c05ae35f7dd9f837a24f61f9442f5 |
Linux installers¶
| Python version | Name | Size | SHA256 hash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python 3.11 | Miniconda3 Linux 64-bit | 98.4 MiB | 634d76df5e489c44ade4085552b97bebc786d49245ed1a830022b0b406de5817 |
| Miniconda3 Linux-aarch64 64-bit | 76.4 MiB | 3962738cfac270ae4ff30da0e382aecf6b3305a12064b196457747b157749a7a | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-ppc64le 64-bit | 77.3 MiB | 92237cb2a443dd15005ec004f2f744b14de02cd5513a00983c2f191eb43d1b29 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-s390x 64-bit | 94.5 MiB | 221a4cd7f0a9275c3263efa07fa37385746de884f4306bb5d1fe5733ca770550 | |
| Python 3.10 | Miniconda3 Linux 64-bit | 91.4 MiB | ea5e6e8a3d5a0247b9df85382d27220fac8e59b5778fd313c5913879cd9baafc |
| Miniconda3 Linux-aarch64 64-bit | 72.9 MiB | 24f7fe91032538cf2d9748facabae346e45e46ca21bb5f2d5875b7865dca6fa4 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-ppc64le 64-bit | 74.1 MiB | 3a76e4e400271d1589770dac8f696b03d1faf45fee57da38e8c399b6cb0daadb | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-s390x 64-bit | 88.0 MiB | 7a65b8593db0ec4b561b9968daca7c7c4f5f95cb21fe717ba895fded924bc056 | |
| Python 3.9 | Miniconda3 Linux 64-bit | 89.1 MiB | 9829d95f639bd0053b2ed06d1204e60644617bf37dd5cc57523732e0e8d64516 |
| Miniconda3 Linux-aarch64 64-bit | 83.9 MiB | ecc06a39bdf786ebb8325a2754690a808f873154719c97d10087ef0883b69e84 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-ppc64le 64-bit | 84.5 MiB | dc5aee01ee36a154b8070e6948b9a43773b6942476a144bc89e6135ac5beac58 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-s390x 64-bit | 85.5 MiB | 40ece8784a9e7dd521ab354ffc816bb466842ae3eee681a93647945c5070c9b4 | |
| Python 3.8 | Miniconda3 Linux 64-bit | 89.3 MiB | e2a4438671e0e42c5bba14cb51de6ce9763938184d6ca2967340bbe972bbe7e6 |
| Miniconda3 Linux-aarch64 64-bit | 72.7 MiB | cd39b811ac9a2f9094c4dfff9ec0f7ec811d6ad7ede5ab3f1a31d330ab3a2c55 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-ppc64le 64-bit | 74.1 MiB | 6fc3bf00d4fe0c724fab884d93b981acbc22bb8fc41c144df6d2fc080ff80e25 | |
| Miniconda3 Linux-s390x 64-bit | 85.8 MiB | b840fd5a8474a3e6831cd50a64eadf73239c6ad7deeebf2c3d3fe366220b2722 |
Release Notes¶
Other resources¶
$ conda install numpy . $ conda create -n py3k anaconda python=3 .
There are two variants of the installer: Miniconda is Python 2 based and Miniconda3 is Python 3 based. Note that the choice of which Miniconda is installed only affects the root environment. Regardless of which version of Miniconda you install, you can still install both Python 2.x and Python 3.x environments.
The other difference is that the Python 3 version of Miniconda will default to Python 3 when creating new environments and building packages. So for instance, the behavior of:
$ conda create -n myenv python
will be to install Python 2.7 with the Python 2 Miniconda and to install Python 3.10 with the Python 3 Miniconda. You can override the default by explicitly setting python=2 or python=3 . It also determines the default value of CONDA_PY when using conda build .
Note
If you already have Miniconda or Anaconda installed, and you just want to upgrade, you should not use the installer. Just use conda update .
How to Install miniconda on linux (from the command line only)
miniconda is a python distribution from continuum. It’s a slimmed-down version of their very popular anaconda distribution. It comes with its own environment manager and has eased the install process for many that do not have a way to compile c-extensions. It made it much easier to install the data science stack on windows a few years ago. These days windows are much better than it was back then at compiling c-extensions. I still like its environment manager, which installs to a global directory rather than a local directory for your project.
Installing miniconda on Linux
Installing miniconda on Linux can be a bit tricky the first time you do it completely from the terminal. The following snippet will create a directory to install miniconda into, download the latest python 3 based install script for Linux 64 bit, run the install script, delete the install script, then add a conda initialize to your bash or zsh shell. After doing this you can restart your shell and conda will be ready to go.
mkdir -p ~/miniconda3 wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3 rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh Options
The miniconda.sh script comes with a few basic options. Most notably we used -b to be able to run unattended, which means that all of the agreements are automatically accepted without user prompt. -u updates any existing installation in the directory of install if there is one. -p is the directory to install into.
usage: /root/miniconda3/miniconda.sh [options] Installs Miniconda3 4.6.14 -b run install in batch mode (without manual intervention), it is expected the license terms are agreed upon -f no error if install prefix already exists -h print this help message and exit -p PREFIX install prefix, defaults to /root/miniconda3, must not contain spaces. -s skip running pre/post-link/install scripts -u update an existing installation -t run package tests after installation (may install conda-build) Silent/Logged
A quick and easy way to silence everything or to log it to a file during an automated install is to wrap the script into a bash function, or save it to its own file, and call the file. I like the function method since I can still copy it right into a terminal, or keep my install script as one single file.
install_miniconda () mkdir -p ~/miniconda3 wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3 rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh > install_miniconda > /dev/null 2>&1 install_miniconda > miniconda_install.log 2>&1 This posts covers more ways to write reuable bash scripts
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