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# Anaconda

ROOT and a Python in a unique environment

## Installing Anaconda

Just download it from the official page and launch the bash commands, as writte in the installation guide there: <https://www.anaconda.com/>

Anaconda gives you a lot of usefuld default packages, miniconda will give you a minimal setup with the conda installer

## Creating a conda environment with ROOT

```
$ conda create --name my-root-env --channel conda-forge-python=3 root
```

This will install ROOT and other default packages from Anaconda.

Then enter your environment with:

```
$ conda activate my-root-env
```

Installed environments can be listed with:

```
$ conda env list
```

If you want to return to conda base environment, just launch

```
$ conda deactivate
```

### Adding packages

Just use:

```
$ conda install packagename
```