title: How to install packages in conda that are not available in anaconda
body: <p><em>I want to install a package (of python) using conda, but says not available in repo.anaconda.com/......., how could I install it</em> ?</p>
  
  <p>The specific package that I tried to install is <code>edx-dl</code> (<a href="https://github.com/coursera-dl/edx-dl" rel="noreferrer">link of the github repo</a>) using the code <code>conda install edx-dl</code>. This code works fine with <code>pip</code> but not with <code>conda</code>. </p>
  
  <p><em>For example</em>, in pip if I type <code>pip install edx-dl</code> was able to install the package when I was using python base without anaconda. But now with conda it says it is not available in anaconda repo. So if a package that are not available in anaconda, can be installed? </p>
  
  <p>So to generalize, <strong>is there any way to download and install packages of python using <code>conda</code> which are not available in repo.anaconda.com</strong>? </p>
  
  <p><em>Note that, I do not use base python, rather currently using anaconda. So, can't use <code>pip</code> to install that package.</em></p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><em>Error message that I got</em>:</p>
  
  <p>(base) C:\WINDOWS\system32><code>conda install edx-dl</code></p>
  
  <p>WARNING conda.base.context:use_only_tar_bz2(632): Conda is constrained to only using the old .tar.bz2 file format because you have conda-build installed, and it is &lt;3.18.3.  Update or remove conda-build to get smaller downloads and faster extractions.
  Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
  Solving environment: failed</p>
  
  <p>PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>edx-dl</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Current channels:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch" rel="noreferrer">https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're
  looking for, navigate to</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://anaconda.org
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and use the search bar at the top of the page.</p>