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Arduin
Arduin

Reputation: 233

Export PATH command - 'export PATH=~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH'

I have installed anaconda in my Linux to import python packages.

After installed anaconda, I could't use anaconda in python and after some search I found that typing this command I was abled to use conda packages:

export PATH=~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH

Would I like to understand exactly why do I have to do that? And would I like to know if is there a way to turn by default my python with anaconda packages.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3958

Answers (1)

chepner
chepner

Reputation: 531075

If you just type ls at the command line, how does the shell know whether you want to run /bin/ls, or /usr/bin/ls, or ~/bin/ls? It doesn't; it simply looks at the directories stored in your PATH variable, one at a time, and executes the first ls that it finds.

Adding ~/anaconda3/bin to the front of your path ensures that when you type, say, pyflakes or python at your prompt, you will run ~/anaconda3/bin/pyflakes or ~/anaconda3/bin/python instead of generating a "command not found" error or running /usr/bin/pyflakes or /usr/bin/python instead.

Upvotes: 1

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