Anaconda 1.9.1 installation related help required

Question

I installed Anaconda 1.9.1 and Minicoda3 twice on my Windows 7 machine. Every time, after installation, I tried to use command conda info or try to create environment using conda, I get this message:

'conda' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I tried to install Anaconda 1.9.1 on windows 8 machine and everything works there but not on windows 7 machine. Do I need to configure few extra things for Windows 7 machine.

Answer 1

Sounds like you need to add ;C:\Anaconda;C:\Anaconda\Scripts to your path.

See http://geekswithblogs.net/renso/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-the-windows-path-in-windows-7.aspx for step-by-step directions.

This tells the system where to look for conda when you try to run it.

Answer 2

I had the same issue mentioned in the question, the solution who solved my problem is described here. In the end, I modified anaconda.bat to match:

@echo off

rem +===========================================================================
rem | Initialisation
rem +===========================================================================

for %%i in ("%~dp0..\envs") do (
    set ANACONDA_ENVS=%%~fi
)

if not "%1" == "" (
    if not exist "%ANACONDA_ENVS%\%1\python.exe" (
        echo No environment named "%1" exists in %ANACONDA_ENVS%
        goto :eof
    )
    set ANACONDA_ENV_NAME=%1
    set ANACONDA="%ANACONDA_ENVS%\%1"
    title Anaconda (%ANACONDA_ENV_NAME%^)
) else (
    set ANACONDA_ENV_NAME=
    for %%i in ("%~dp0..") do (
        set ANACONDA=%%~fi
    )
    title Anaconda
)

set ANACONDA_SCRIPTS=%ANACONDA%\Scripts
set PATH=%ANACONDA%;%ANACONDA_SCRIPTS%;%PATH%
echo Added %ANACONDA% and %ANACONDA_SCRIPTS% to PATH.

if not "%ANACONDA_ENV_NAME%" == "" (
    echo Activating environment %ANACONDA_ENV_NAME%...
    set PROMPT=[%ANACONDA_ENV_NAME%] $P$G
)

Then, everything became alright!

Answer 3

I ran into this problem as well on Win7. For me, Anaconda was installed in C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Contunuum\Anaconda, instead of C:\Anaconda. Adding that, along with C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Contunuum\Anaconda\Scripts to my Path solved the problem for me.

Answer 4

If none of the given answers work, like in my case, open a console, navigate to the Scripts folder in the Anaconda folder C:\Anaconda\Scripts, and there should be conda.exe.

From it you can execute the command.