title: What are the differences between Conda and Anaconda?
body: <p><strong>Post-question update:</strong></p>
  
  <p>See <a href="https://geohackweek.github.io/Introductory/01-conda-tutorial/" rel="noreferrer">Introduction to Conda</a> for more details.</p>
  
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  <p><strong>The problem:</strong></p>
  
  <p>I first installed <em>Anaconda</em> on my ubuntu at <code>~/anaconda</code>, when I was trying to update my anaconda, according to the <a href="http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install.html" rel="noreferrer">documentation</a> from Continuum Analytics, I should use the following commands:</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda update conda
  conda update anaconda
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I realized that I did not have <em>conda</em> installed, so I installed it using the documentation from <a href="http://conda.pydata.org/docs/intro.html#update-anaconda-to-latest-version" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>After <em>conda</em> is installed, when I run <code>conda update anaconda</code>, I got the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error: package 'anaconda' is not installed in /home/xiang/miniconda</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It appears conda is assuming my anaconda is installed under <code>/home/xiang/miniconda</code> which is <em>NOT</em> true.</p>
  
  <p><strong>The questions:</strong></p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>What are the differences between <em>conda</em> and <em>anaconda</em>?</li>
  <li>How can I tell <em>conda</em> where my <em>anaconda</em> is installed?</li>
  </ol>