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Miniconda Python Distribution on MacOSX

- Posted by: Barbra Lashbrook - January 13, 2021 Back to CIRA Wiki Home


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These steps are for a user-level installation of the Miniconda Python Distribution on Mac operating systems

  1. Select an installer from Miniconda Mac installers (unless you have a good reason for a specific version, the latest one is probably the one you want)
  2. Download the .pkg version of the installer. Note: If you would prefer to go the bash route, stop here and refer to Linux instructions, starting the wget or curl step and pointing that command to the Mac “bash” version of the installer you’d like.
  3. Open the package installer and follow the steps guiding you through the installation process
  4. You can check that your installation worked by opening a terminal and typing python. You should enter into a python session and see something like the following:

    (base) hopper:~ heathercronk$ python
    Python 3.8.5 (default, Sep 4 2020, 02:22:02)
    [Clang 10.0.0 ] :: Anaconda, Inc. on darwin
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>>

  5. To exit this session type exit() or Ctrl+D