Install Miniconda (Python) with Jupyter Notebook and Setting Up Virtual Environments on Windows 10

[@evaldosilva786]

Wow, this content is perfect for anyone starting out with Python! The way he explained the environment was key! It's like he knew exactly what we needed to get up and running.

[@CodingIsFun]

Happy to hear that it was useful; thank you for taking the time to leave a comment and for watching the video! 😃 Happy Coding! :)

[@chrisw.9517]

Thank you for the elaborate tutorial! My question is on setting environment variables: While you are just selecting the option "Add Miniconda3 to my PATH environment variable" during the installation process, most other guys in other video tutorials uncheck this box and manually add something like C:\Users\Chris\miniconda3\Scripts to their path after the installation process. What is the difference between both approaches?

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching. Adding the PATH during installation automatically adds Miniconda to your system's PATH, allowing you to access its commands directly from the command line. Manually adding it post-installation offers more control over the order in the PATH and helps avoid potential conflicts with other Python installations. If you have no other Python versions, adding it automatically is simpler. If you have other installations or want more control, do it manually.

[@chrisw.9517]

@@CodingIsFun okay. Thanks for clarifying.

[@ermalgashimramori]

As always great content. Looking forward to seeing newer videos.

[@CodingIsFun]

Hi Ermal, Thank you so much! 🙏

[@jenn1738]

you're an amazing teacher. thank you for making this! you gained a new student and subscriber 🎉

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for the kind words! I am glad you enjoyed it and welcome aboard! 🤩🎉

[@azhanisyahputra9867]

very straightforward. thank you so much

[@CodingIsFun]

An absolute pleasure! Thanks for watching! Cheers, Sven ✌️

[@LizaRoch]

This is very helpful but at 4:45 when I type in "conda activate (my environment name)" it says that "conda isn't recognized as an internal or external command, an executable program nor a command file"... Any help?

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching. Did you install Miniconda and also tick the box to add Miniconda to your PATH environment variable, as shown at 0:58 min? -Sven ✌️

[@SathiraWijeratne]

Hi I installer miniconda and create an environment in which I installed tensorflow. Then I opened jupyternotebook in that environment and tried to import tensorflow but I still get the error saying "no module named 'tensorflow'" any idea why? I even checked if tensorflow is actually installed in that environment with 'pip show tensorflow flow'

[@carlo6195]

Nicely done. Thank you. 😀

[@CodingIsFun]

Thank you :) Glad you like it.

[@AntonL.-dq2rz]

why do you install packages by pip, not by conda ?

[@CodingIsFun]

Good point! In the video, I used pip out of habit, but you're right that using conda would be more suitable when working with Miniconda.

[@AdilButt-s8j]

Awesome guide.

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for the positive feedback! Appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers, Sven ✌️

[@fwaafnn]

thank you, it's help me a lot💪

[@CodingIsFun]

Glad to hear that! :)

[@VisualKreation]

print("Nice helpful video and successful installation .TQ")

[@CodingIsFun]

for i in range(1,11): print('Thank you very much! Glad it was helpful!')

[@teroahooy5276]

Cout

[@belxym]

Well explained, thank you!

[@CodingIsFun]

*I am glad you liked the video, thanks for watching and for the comment!*

[@siamakrouzmeh]

Amazing content. Many thanks.

[@CodingIsFun]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment!

[@HemaHarshithaVemuri]

Sir, After pip install jupyter How can open jupyter_example folder and data file

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching. Sorry, but I am not sure what you mean. Cheers, Sven ✌️

[@lxver3322]

how can i open the notebook dirctly + i could not do the cmd to open it ,it says that it dosn't recognize "conda"

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching. Did you install (Mini)conda?

[@lxver3322]

@@CodingIsFun yes i did + the cmd trick with excel file not working

[@naveenvp1362]

Great man thanks for the content

[@CodingIsFun]

My pleasure Naveen, thank you for watching!

[@anandk5536]

Thank man, you saved my day.

[@CodingIsFun]

Thank you for watching the video. Glad it was helpful 😀

[@asdasd-tr1ih]

Thanks man Thank you very much

[@CodingIsFun]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching and for the comment!

[@raisulalam6051]

Thanks for the great video

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment! :)

[@master_razmut]

The Best !

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for the kind words! I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@johanvanmarsch6425]

Thnx Bro. Nice video, what is color theme for the IDE config, I m looking the same colorisation but I cannot find ? Thanks .

[@CodingIsFun]

Hi Johan, *I am glad you liked the video, thanks for watching and for your question!* For the Anaconda Prompt as well as for the Windows Command Prompt I am using the default style. Cheers, Sven ✌

[@findthetruth3021]

Thanks a lot for this amazing video, but when I create the file by app.py didn't change to your python like yours? please help me.

[@CodingIsFun]

*Thanks for watching the video & your question.* Could you please try to enable the view of 'filename extensions' and try to rename your file again? 👉 vtcri.kayako.com/article/296-view-file-extensions-windows-10 Hope this helps 🙏 Cheers, Sven

[@maxru6142]

Great Video! Just a quick question for my understanding….is miniconda for free?

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks! Yes, it's free

[@shafin.15]

How I can move to another drive and create an environment there?

[@CodingIsFun]

The Conda environments are not folder-specific. I hope that helps! Happy coding! Cheers, Sven ✌️

[@bogah4652]

what happens when I "conda install seaborn" without specifying environment? I use spyder as standalone. I dont have anaconda

[@CodingIsFun]

It will be installed in the base environment

[@yashi_tiwari]

when I navigate to a folder and open cmd there, and try to activate myenv through conda, error prompt that conda is neither internal or external command

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching and for your question. Hard to tell from a distance why you are facing an error. Sorry that I cannot help.

[@alexyuhay]

I had this issue too, which I think originates at 1:09; my installer did not let me select the option in the red box. You've probably solved this now, but I'll go through it in case someone else has this problem. Its crux is that Windows doesn't know what "conda" is, so you need to tell Windows what it is by telling Windows where it is; "environment variables" serve this purpose. I had a few goes at trying to get the environment variable installed, but I think this method worked - here goes: 1 - Locate the miniconda3 installation location: - In an anaconda prompt window, enter: "where conda" (without quotes) - You should see a few folders pop up (%YOURdirectory%\miniconda3\Library, %YOURdirectory%\miniconda3\Scripts, and %YOURdirectory%\miniconda3\condabin). - My installation was located at "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3". 2 - Add the "condabin" folder to the environment variables: - Open "Edit the system environment variables" from control panel (or just type "environment" into start menu). - Click "Environment Variables" at the bottom of the window. - From the top box labelled "User variables for %USER%" (do NOT use the second box labelled "System variables"), double click the "Path" variable. - Append the already present directory (think it's some "Windows apps" directory) with your "condabin" folder by typing ";%YOURdirectory%\miniconda3\condabin;" (no quotes). In my case I typed: ";C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\condabin;", again, no quotes. - NOTE: you need the semicolon to separate the two directories (i.e., the one already there and your new "condabin" directory), e.g., "present_dir; condabin_dir;". If there is a separate field for the new environment variable (i.e., if there are 2+ variables already present), then you won't need the semicolons as the separate fields do the separating. - Hit okay a few times and close any anaconda and cmd.exe windows. 3 - Test it - You should now be able to access conda through cmd.exe from any directory. - Note: my environment variable now does not have "condabin" at the end (i.e., just: "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3"), can't remember if I did that deliberately or the computer changed it...? I guess if it doesn't work, try that instead :D Btw I adapted this from developers.google.com/earth-engine/guides/python_install-conda#windows_4, but my folder was a bit different; hopefully I've provided something a bit more general! glhf!

[@paulmoss4199]

I already have Python installed (v3.10), will installing miniconda interfere with my current python installation?

[@CodingIsFun]

If you already have Python installed on your system, installing Miniconda should not interfere with your existing Python installation. Miniconda is a distribution of Python that includes the conda package manager, which can be used to manage your Python installations and packages. Conda allows you to create separate environments for your Python projects, so you can have different versions of Python and packages installed for each project without them conflicting with each other. In other words, installing Miniconda should not interfere with your existing Python installation, but rather provide you with additional tools to manage your Python installations and environments (using conda). I hope it helps!

[@paulmoss4199]

@@CodingIsFun Thank you, I tried to install Miniconda today but I receive the error "Failed to initialse Anaconda directories". Please have you any advice what to do? (I am using Windows 10).

[@CodingIsFun]

​@@paulmoss4199 It is hard to tell from a distance what is causing the error. Try searching for the text of your error message on google/StackOverflow.

[@rauniyarrakesh]

Anaconda Prompt (miniconda3) this cmd prompt is note working.when i clicking on this nothing happening.

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching and for your question. Hard to tell from a distance why you are facing an error. Sorry that I cannot help.

[@arseniochocolate2889]

I'm stuck on install requirements.txt

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching. With that bit of information, I cannot help you. Sorry!

[@abirbarbara1560]

thank you

[@CodingIsFun]

A pleasure! Thanks for watching the video & your comment! :)

[@mar_r]

Gracias 😁

[@CodingIsFun]

I'm glad that the information was helpful to you 😃

[@akhilreddy6220]

thanks

[@CodingIsFun]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@khoaaam]

Anaconda prompt isn’t showing. Any help?

[@CodingIsFun]

Thanks for watching the video. I have looked on Google. Kindly check out the following link. There are many fixes suggested regarding this issue: github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/8794

[@alhafizhkhoirullah723]

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[@CodingIsFun]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.