Python: Installing Anaconda on macOS in 2021 | Avoiding installation-fail of graphical install

[@stemtutorials1997]

Dear community, Following the steps shown in this video will allow you to install Anaconda successfully. However, it has been pointed out to us that the command we implemented at 3:30 to 4:48 ("shasum -a 256") does nothing because we misunderstood the step and therefore implemented it incorrectly. For correctness and educational purposes, the clarification below from Jonathan Lee explains what should happen (thanks Jonathan!). If you do not understand the explanation, do not worry... you can still follow the steps in the video above and get a successful install (just make sure you download the Anaconda installation file from the Anaconda website). "The shasum -a 256 command is for hash verification, which allows you to verify that you have downloaded an authentic version of the install file. You should have run the following command in Terminal: shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Anaconda3-2020.07-MacOSX-x86_64.sh Running this command in the Terminal will give you a long hash as an output. You must make sure that this hash is identical to the hash provided by Anaconda for your particular installation file, given here: docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/hashes/all/ --> Message continued in our reply to this post

[@stemtutorials1997]

"For example, for the install file shown in this particular video (Anaconda3-2020.07-MacOSX-x86_64.sh), the hash should be identical to: 3980c2a57fde5de2ccfd­f0d7973f95ac1a3fa633­51642e6735c50fc3791e­f0f1 If the hash that you get (for the Anaconda3-2020.07-MacOSX-x86_64.sh file) is different than the one above, do not install the file, as it means that the file has been tampered with and could make your system vulnerable to malicious attack.”

[@h_0412]

Very clear and concise! The graphical installer was frustrating to work with my 10 year old macbook that I thought maybe it's a hardware problem and then I found your video. Thank you so much you saved me a lot of money!

[@bolarinwasegun8192]

You've just solved a three-month problem. God bless you Sweetheart!

[@yairfox2153]

i've been trying to download it for hours until i saw this video thank you so much!!!

[@stemtutorials1997]

I"m glad we could help! I originally had the same issue :)

[@karaz526]

Thank you. I wasn't able to download the program until I saw your video. You are the best thanks.

[@miguelbenitez1568]

It worked for me after the graphical installed continued to fail! Thanks a lot

[@juliakocherzhuk4333]

the best tutorial ever. Thanks a million for that, I finally was able to install Anaconda on my mac!! You made my day, Thanks again!!!

[@stemtutorials1997]

This makes me so happy! Thank you for your feedback!

[@tmuenzer]

you made my day! Great tutorial, I thought I would never Anaconda get running on my Mac

[@stemtutorials1997]

Awesome, I'm glad it's running for you!

[@sanketkachole9639]

you are the best. Keep making such videos. good luck.

[@judithrubier9780]

I never comment on video but thank you so so much you saved me

[@rajalakshmipunampalam4578]

Crystal clear instruction…. Great! Thanks.

[@drids.]

worked perfectly love you guys

[@makamureg]

super useful, super easy to follow..much appreciated

[@stemtutorials1997]

Thank you very much for your very kind feedback!

[@savitharajninair543]

In 4:54 to 5:06 I am bit confused and not able to understand. U told to remove anaconda out of the download folder otherwise it will create problem, but it is still there in ur download folder after typing bash n all and enter. I did not understand this step. N I am getting problem after this step. Do we need to delete anaconda from download folder?

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hi! The acoustics in the video may not be optimal for this part: you should make should that you *have not* moved Anaconda out of the downloads folder. You need to keep Anaconda in the downloads folder and then complete the "bash" step that I show with the path of the folder + file name. I hope this helps!

[@juanbautistamangoni2231]

Thanks for your help! Regards from Argentina!

[@thandisilemshweshwe1515]

Thank you ive manage to download my anaconda

[@luisfernandocastro2167]

Question: do I need to install python pkg previously to install Anaconda? Thanks!

[@RajneeshKumar-xs3rf]

Thankyou so much for such an outstanding guidance!!

[@sunjulie]

I still got the same problem as with the graphical installer - the anaconda navigator just doesn't start. It is stuck on "initializing". It's just frustrating.

[@thandisilemshweshwe1515]

Hello When comes to graphics installation it gives me tgis error Intel MKL Fatal error: the processor must suppprt intel

[@andreazunigavillegas4864]

Thank you so very much!!! Very useful and easy to follow. I was downloading the graphical installer and did not work

[@stemtutorials1997]

We appreciate every comment and are so happy we could help you! Thank you.

[@chelseaacosta6551]

THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!!! IT WORKS FOR ME!!!

[@sunnythuy2300]

i dont find the copy path. i do right click. by holding control and click. what am i doing wrong ?

[@aharrypotterhead3025]

thanks for the tutorial, it's very useful and I'm glad to have found it..thankss

[@stemtutorials1997]

I am glad that Anaconda is working for you!

[@BrantCoral]

Me ayudó mucho este tutorial. Muchas gracias 😊😊

[@darigakanatova3532]

Thank you so much! You saved my life

[@mollabeach]

why is it saying Your operating system appears not to be 64-bit, but you are trying to install a 64-bit version of Anaconda3. when my device is 64 bits ?

[@RichardBronosky]

Any macOS install that says "download the installer" instead of "in your terminal use the brew command" is immediately suspect to me.

[@yangliu2037]

Hi Thank you! how to install condo / pip packages after this? thanks again

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hello, thank you for your good idea. I will put together a video and will let you know when I have uploaded it. If you have any specific questions in advance, you can let me know and I can do my best to address them.

[@amandaakerele4687]

Amazing!! Thank you very much

[@Hcu35uk]

thanks, this solved the issue

[@alisherz8301]

I think the first command shasum -a 256 has to be run on the anaconda file we have downloaded to verify the anaconda file, because the way you did it has no impact on anything as far as I'm concerned. please advise me if I misunderstood it. thanks.

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hello Ali, yes, your understanding is correct (unfortunately, we made a mistake in the video). Nevertheless, following the steps in the video will allow you to install Anaconda on the Mac successfully. We have written a more detailed summary on this mistake in our pinned post to this video.

[@valentintrouille3938]

Hi, When I put "shasum -a 256 /Users//" into the terminal, it says " shasum: /Users/: Is a directory" so I'm stuck... Any advice ? Thanks

[@stemtutorials1997]

Did you get it to work out in the meantime? Skip the shasum step and continue with the instructions as of 4:48 in the video. Then it should work :)

[@naveent2799]

when I copy the path and paste with shasum comman its says this shasum: /Users/naveen: Is a directory

[@johanchaves2254]

Perfecto, muchas gracias, saludos desde Colombia!

[@stemtutorials1997]

Muchas gracias Johan!

[@jesskay8300]

Thumbs up!!!! Thank you

[@katrinaatomy5708]

I went all the way to downloading through the command line (since graphical option doesn''t work for my new Mac M1) but I see all folders except Anaconda-Navigator. What else should I try?

[@hchou5474]

Did you download the "64-Bit (M1) Graphical Installer (316 MB)". The video is from last year and this file was not available. Also, you might have previous failed anaconda files, did you check /opt or ~/op folders?

[@katrinaatomy5708]

@@hchou5474 Yes, I tried to install "64-Bit (M1) Graphical Installer (316 MB)" first. That's ok, I decided to go with VS code instead. Thanks for your reply!

[@kuntheasoeung9432]

It's really helpful

[@paulienvanderelst4814]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

[@federicokurten7304]

when I execute the bash my new Macbook is letting me know that the operating system is not 64-bit what do I do in this case?

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hi Federico, I looked through the older Anaconda versions (repo.anaconda.com/archive/), and it does not appear as if Anaconda has an older version that supports MacOS 32-bit. Is it possible that you upgrade your MacOS operating system? If not, I do not think it will be possible to install Anaconda on your MacBook. If you are just looking for Python, you can either look for another IDE program or install Python directly. This Python version seems to support 32-bit on MacOS (choose 32-bit installer): www.python.org/downloads/release/python-374/

[@sofiavip7]

Hi there! I'm new to programming and unfortunately I just found your video after I have downloaded the Graphical Installer. I was wondering if that will bring me any issues in the future while working with python, spyder or jupyter. Great video btw!

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hi Sofia, if you have installed Anaconda successfully on your computer using the graphical installer then this is great news! I only showed how to use the command line installer because the graphical installer did not work on my computer (both installers lead to the installation of the same software). If you have any other questions, feel free to reach out.

[@sofiavip7]

Thank you so much for your quick reply! Stay safe!🥰

[@alejanelrosmark7220]

Hey I have an annoying complication. I downloaded it using the graphical interface which worked fine because I'm not on Catelina, but when I did, it filled my 'all my files section' with thousands and thousands of scripts, components etc. it is literally making my finder lag. Do you have any idea how I can fix this? Get it all in one folder quickly or delete it? I ask if I can delete it because an actual proper folder was created, but I'm not sure if it contains the same files, or other ones. Help would be much appreciated!

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hi, which macOS version are you using? Big Sur? We have not experienced this graphical interface issue that you are seeing, but would also try deleting all the files by sorting by date and then deleting all the downloaded files. Once the files are deleted, we recommend you download the "command line" installer from the anaconda website (*.sh file) and follow the step-by-step instructions in this video starting at 1:42 (you do not need to be experienced with the "Terminal" to follow these instructions). The command line installer instructions in this video also work for Big Sur (we have successfully installed Anaconda using this method on macOS Catalina and Big Sur).

[@alejanelrosmark7220]

@@stemtutorials1997 I'm on Yosemite. I'm not sure if it works or not, but one indication is that I can't find the anaconda cmd

[@stemtutorials1997]

@@alejanelrosmark7220 Anaconda recommends to upgrade the operating system if possible because otherwise you will not get all security updates, latest packages, etc. (docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/#old-os). For macOS 10.10 (Yosemite), you can use the command line or graphical installer from Anaconda versions 2019.10 and earlier - the link above has information on installing Anaconda on older operating systems ("Using Anaconda on older operating systems").

[@Coach_Dustin_C]

My command line says - Python-80x24 at the top, when i type the same exact thing i get "invalid syntax"

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hi Dustin, which part of the video are you referring to that is resulting in an error on your end? 6:15? Did you follow all the instructions for downloading Anaconda for macOS (Big Sur/Catalina)? I hope that you were able to resolve this in the meantime...

[@Coach_Dustin_C]

@@stemtutorials1997 @4:35 immediately after typing shasum command, i get invalid syntax. I downloaded the 64 bit command line installer for Mac, python3. However, i did not know what hash to choose from out of the big list.

[@stemtutorials1997]

@@Coach_Dustin_C Please skip the shasum step and start following the instructions at 4:48 (step #3 of the command-line install guide shown in the video).

[@Coach_Dustin_C]

@@stemtutorials1997 In python3 (>>>) I type bash/ file path/ Anaconda3-2021.05-MacOSX-x86_64.sh. ERROR File "", line 1, in NameError: name 'bash' is not defined. I have tried different variations with or without ~ and 'Downloads' and I get invalid syntax.

[@Coach_Dustin_C]

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[@shuks4737]

Life saver thanks

[@stemtutorials1997]

Thank you, we are so happy we could help!

[@summerhi7422]

save my day!

[@Amkelaayanda]

Thank you🫶🏾

[@rahafal-nahar140]

when writing the bash in terminal it is telling me that there is no such command or file.what should I do now please

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hello Rahaf, 1) Is your Anaconda file located in your "Downloads" folder? 2) When you are typing the bash line, are you typing the name of the file you downloaded rather than the one I had entered here (the download name will be different for you since you have a newer version)? Please refer to 4:48 of the video once more. The steps should work successfully for you if the above two questions are true. I hope that this helps you resolve the issue quickly!

[@alexc1021]

thanks!

[@olistiktok]

Thank you for the tutorial but PLEASE, easy on the vocal fry.... please... it's unecessary and doesn't make you more american.. which is something you don't need by the way. Thx and keep it up !

[@israabensassi1185]

Hello, I'm trying to download anaconda and I got this warning message after the second command: Your operating system appears not to be 64-bit, but you are trying to install a 64-bit version of anaconda3 are you sure you want to continue the installation ? [yes|no] what should I do ? Thank you

[@stemtutorials1997]

Hello Israa, Since you have a 32-bit operating system, it may not be possible to install Anaconda unless you upgrade your Mac Operating System. I looked through the older Anaconda versions (@t, and it does not appear as if Anaconda has an older version that supports MacOS 32-bit. If you are just looking for Python, you can either look for another IDE program or install Python directly. This Python version seems to support 32-bit on MacOS (choose 32-bit installer): @t

[@xinyuewu8355]

why did I get this? Unpacking payload ... concurrent.futures.process._RemoteTraceback: ''' Traceback (most recent call last): File "concurrent/futures/process.py", line 368, in _queue_management_worker File "multiprocessing/connection.py", line 251, in recv TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'msg' ''' The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "entry_point.py", line 69, in File "concurrent/futures/process.py", line 484, in _chain_from_iterable_of_lists File "concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 611, in result_iterator File "concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 439, in result File "concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 388, in __get_result concurrent.futures.process.BrokenProcessPool: A process in the process pool was terminated abruptly while the future was running or pending. [5649] Failed to execute script entry_point

[@stemtutorials1997]

I do not know, since I have never seen this error before. I just checked GitHub and found three possibilities for Linux that may also apply to the Mac: do you have enough free disk space on your computer, enough memory (RAM), or could you try redownloading and reinstalling Anaonda again? Source: github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues/11703