How to install Mini-conda

Conda is a package manager for easily installing required libraries and software.

Go to mini-conda quick command line install and choose the method for your operating system. For example, Linux users can do

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh

After this, for bash user:

~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash

and for zsh user:

~/miniconda3/bin/conda init zsh

Once all is done successfully, log out and restart your shell.

Troubleshooting

libarchive error

Error message

Error while loading conda entry point: conda-libmamba-solver (libarchive.so.20: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

This could happen if you are in an old operating system.

Solution

conda install --solver=classic conda-forge::conda-libmamba-solver conda-forge::libmamba conda-forge::libmambapy conda-forge::libarchive