Step 1: Download Python 3.+
Visit the Anaconda website on your internet browser, such as Firefox or Chrome, and scroll to the bottom of the page. Here, click on the 64-Bit Graphical Installer under the MacOS Python 3.+ version menu. Our screenshot below shows python 3.8, but any latest python 3.+ version will work with our instructions and the institute.
You can ignore this. Just close this screen.
You can either let your browser open with the Installer, or save it and open it yourself.
Step 2: Run Anaconda Installer
After the download has completed, if it doesn’t open automatically, double-click on the installer file you just saved on your computer. Click Continue:
You should then see the initial install screen. Click Continue:
Click Continue again:
Accept the license by clicking I Agree:
Click Install. Only change the install location if you know what you are doing:
Click Install Microsoft VSCode. If it is already installed, click Continue:
This is the final installation window. Just click Close:
You can move the installer to the Trash to save space on your hard drive by clicking Move to Trash:
Step 3: Run conda from your terminal
NOTE: this step only applies to MacOS Catalina and Big Sur. For all previous version of MacOS, skip to Step 4
This step ensures that you will be able to run anaconda directly from your terminal.
Open your macOS terminal. You can find your terminal by clicking the “magnifying glass” icon (also known as Spotlight) on the upper-right hand corner of your menubar or press command + space, type Terminal and press enter. In your terminal, you will run a few lines of code to make sure that the terminal knows how to start Anaconda. Type in the following lines of code, after the %, pressing enter after each line:
cd ~ bash source .bash_profile conda init zsh
If this step is successful, when you close and re-open terminal, your command prompt % should have (base) in front of it.
Step 4: Check if Anaconda and Python are successfully installed
Open the macOS terminal. You can find your terminal by clicking the “magnifying glass” icon (also known as Spotlight) on the upper-right hand corner of your menubar or press command + space, type Terminal and press enter. In your terminal, type python and press enter. The terminal should print something like:
~$ python Python 3.7.7 (default, May 6 2020, 04:59:01) [Clang 4.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_401/final)] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>
Type exit() to leave Python.