How To Install conda on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conda on Rocky Linux 8.
What is conda
Conda is a cross-platform, Python-agnostic binary package manager. It is the package manager used by Anaconda installations, but it may be used for other systems as well. Conda makes environments first-class citizens, making it easy to create independent environments even for C libraries. Conda is written entirely in Python. The Fedora conda base environment is special. Unlike a standard anaconda install base environment it is essentially read-only. You can only use conda to create and manage new environments.
We can use yum or dnf to install conda on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install conda.
Install conda on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install conda using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install conda
Install conda on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install conda using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install conda
How To Uninstall conda on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the conda package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove conda
conda Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/fish
/etc/fish/conf.d
/etc/fish/conf.d/conda.fish
/etc/profile.d/conda.csh
/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
/usr/bin/conda
/usr/bin/conda-env
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/conda
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conda on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.