windows installation to install anaconda on windows go to for the -bit version of anaconda based on python run the installer setting up the environment once the installation is doneit' time to set up an environment an interesting schema on conda vs pip commands can be found at _downloads/conda-pip-virtualenv-translator html use the following command in your operating system command line replace "nameoftheenvwith the actual name you want your environment to have conda create - nameoftheenv anaconda make sure you agree to proceed with the setup by typing "yat the end of this listas shown in figure and after awhile you should be ready to go figure anaconda virtual environment setup in the windows command prompt