Why Anaconda does not recognize conda command?

Question

I installed the latest version of Anaconda. Now I want to install OpenCV within it. When I type:

conda install -c https://conda.binstar.org/anaconda opencv
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Answer 1

You probably need to update your PATH variable to include where you have installed Anaconda.

See https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/41 for a similar issue.

Answer 2

For Windows

Go to Control Panel\System and Security\System\Advanced System Settings then look for Environment Variables.

Your user variables should contain Path=Path\to\Anaconda3\Scripts.

You need to figure where your Anaconda3 folder is (i.e. the path to this folder) . Mine was in C:\Users.

For Linux

You need to add conda to PATH. To do so, type:

export PATH=/path/to/anaconda3/bin:$PATH.

Same thing, you need to figure the path to anaconda3 folder (Usually, the path is stored in $HOME)

If you don't want to do this everytime you start a session, you can also add conda to PATH in your .bashrc file:

echo 'export PATH=/path/to/anaconda3/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc

Answer 3

Try setting the file path using (for anaconda3)...

export PATH=~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH

Then check whether it worked with...

conda --version

This worked for me when 'conda' was returning 'command not found'.