Using conda install within a python script

Question

According to this answer you can import pip from within a Python script and use it to install a module. Is it possible to do this with conda install?

The co

Answer 1

The simpler thing that i tried and worked for me was :

import os

try:
    import graphviz
except:
    print ("graphviz not found, Installing graphviz ")
    os.system("conda install -c anaconda graphviz")
    import graphviz

And make sure you run your script as admin.