How to check your current version of Anaconda
Whether knowing your current version of Anaconda alone is not enough information to determine whether your software needs to be updated, it is a useful piece of information to have in handy when troubleshooting an issue or asking for support.
MacOS
- Click the Spotlight Search button (the magnifying glass) in the top right of your desktop.
- Type
terminal
into the bar that appears. - Select the first item that appears in the list.
- When the Terminal pops up, you will likely see either a window with black text over white background or colored text over a black background.
- In your Terminal, type
conda --version
and press enter. The output of your query will tell you which version of Anaconda is installed on your computer. E.g.,conda 4.7.12
Windows
- Look for Git Bash in your programs menu and open.
- If you can’t find the git folder, just type
git bash
in the search box and selectgit bash
when it appears. - Open the program.
- When the terminal pops up, you will likely see either a window with black text over white background or colored text over a black background.You know you’re in the right place when you see the
$
. - In your terminal, type
conda --version
and pressEnter
. The output of your query will tell you which version of Anaconda is installed on your computer. E.g.,conda 4.7.12
Windows
- Look for Git Bash in your programs menu and open.
- If you can’t find the git folder, just type
git bash
in the search box and selectgit bash
when it appears. - Open the program.
- When the terminal pops up, you will likely see either a window with black text over white background or colored text over a black background.You know you’re in the right place when you see the
$
. - In your terminal, type
conda --version
and pressEnter
. The output of your query will tell you which version of Anaconda is installed on your computer. E.g.,conda 4.7.12
macOS
- Click the Spotlight Search button (the magnifying glass) in the top right of your desktop.
- Type
terminal
into the bar that appears. - Select the first item that appears in the list.
- When the Terminal pops up, you will likely see either a window with black text over white background or colored text over a black background.
- In your Terminal, type
conda --version
and press enter. The output of your query will tell you which version of Anaconda is installed on your computer. E.g.,conda 4.7.12
How to make sure you have the current version of Anaconda installed
conda update -n root conda
and press enter. Your computer will then retrieve from the web the latest version of Anaconda and install it in your selected environment.
Making sure all Python packages are up-to-date in your Anaconda installation
To access your terminal, follow the steps for your operating system above. Once inside your terminal, type conda update --all
and press enter.
This command will update all packages in the current environment to the latest version.