figure - downloading the anaconda package installing the downloaded file is as simple as double-clicking the file and letting the installer take care of the entire process to check if the installation was successfuljust open command prompt or terminal and start up python you should be greeted with the message shown in figure - identifying the python and the anaconda version we also recommend that you use the ipython shell (the command is ipythoninstead of the regular python shellbecause you get lot of features including inline plotsautocompleteand so on figure - verifying installation with the python shell this should complete the process of setting up your python environment for data science and machine learning