Miniconda

Miniconda is a free, miniature installation of Anaconda Distribution that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages.

##Key Features

• Total Customization: Start with a clean slate and install exactly the packages you need, conserving disk space and bandwidth.
• Environment Management: Create isolated virtual environments to handle different programming projects, ensuring that varying package dependencies don’t conflict with one another.
• Cross-Language Support: While it excels at managing Python versions, conda can also install C, C++, R, and other software packages.

##Why Choose Miniconda?

• Resource Efficiency: Perfect for developers with limited storage space or those working in constrained environments (like Docker containers or HPC clusters).
• Speed: Faster to download and install than Anaconda.
• Control: Gives developers complete, manual control over their workspace and dependencies.

Installation Instructions

Linux

{
  "url": "{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.url` }}",
  "destination_folder": "{{ .PDownloads }}",
  "output_filename": "{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.filename` }}",
  "overwrite": false
}

{
  "command": [
    "bash",
    "{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.filename` }}",
    "-b",
    "-p",
    "{{ .PTools }}/miniconda/{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.version` }}"
  ],
  "debug": true,
  "working_dir": "{{ .PDownloads }}"
}

MacOS

{
  "url": "{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.url` }}",
  "destination_folder": "{{ .PDownloads }}",
  "output_filename": "{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.filename` }}",
  "overwrite": false
}

{
  "command": [
    "bash",
    "{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.filename` }}",
    "-b",
    "-p",
    "{{ .PTools }}/miniconda/{{ .SVar `.tool.miniconda.download.version` }}"
  ],
  "debug": true,
  "working_dir": "{{ .PDownloads }}"
}

Binaries

• bin/conda
• bin/python
• bin/pip
• bin/pip3
• bin/python3