How do I use Conda in on Homebrew Python system?

Question

I\'m using Homebrew as my package general manager, and am using its Python and pip for software development, along with virtualenvs. For various reasons, I\'d like to continue w

Answer 1

I may be wrong but it sounds like the op is trying to figure out how to make a virtual environment for anaconda without overriding all their existing python stuff. At least that is what I was trying to do which led me here. I managed to find a rather inelegant solution that you can use if you really must have anaconda in its own env:

As devssh says, you can do a brew cask install anaconda but dont add the directory to your path, or it will override your python 2.7 and cause much sadness. Instead create a virtual environment like such (Im using virtual environment wrapper):

mkvirtualenv -p /usr/local/anaconda3/bin/python anaconda_env

now move all the stuff from anaconda bin into your virtualenv bin:

cp /usr/local/anaconda3/bin/* /Users//.virtualenvs/anaconda_env/bin/

This last is necessary because the anaconda dependencies were not installed with the environments pip so it doesnt know where to look for them.