Installing optional packages with conda

Sooner or later, you will need a package that is not installed by default in your Anaconda distribution.

If you are using the Anaconda distribution, this recipe describes the preferred method of installing and uninstalling packages. Anaconda is built on top of conda, a flexible and easy-to-use package manager.

Anaconda allows direct access to vast collections of add-on packages. For example, it makes it easy to install SciKits, which are SciPy packages developed by independent developers that are not part of the main distribution. A complete list of SciKits can be found at the following site: http://scikits.appspot.com/scikits.