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# Installation

Anaconda Fusion is available as part of the Anaconda Enterprise subscription. To try out Anaconda Fusion for free for a limited time, join the Anaconda Fusion Innovators Program.

## Requirements

- Microsoft Windows 8 or higher operating system
- Microsoft Excel 2016
- Internet Explorer 11 or higher or Edge
- Internet connection (necessary both for installing and running Anaconda Fusion)
- An Anaconda subscription license file from your sales representative or innovator program manager

## Install

1. Download the Anaconda Fusion installer from the link in your welcome email from the Anaconda Fusion Innovators Program.
2. Find the downloaded file in your Downloads folder named `AnacondaFusion-0.5.4-Windows-x86_64.exe` and double click it to install Fusion.
3. Follow the Installation Wizard Guide.
4. Share the folder containing the Fusion manifest.

Excel Add-Ins must be registered from either a Microsoft certificate store or from a network path. So we’ll find the folder with the file `manifest-anacondafusion.xml` and make it a network shared folder.

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to your home directory. For example, a user with the account name “jsmith” might have a home directory at `C:\Users\jsmith`.

In the home directory, find the folder `AnacondaFusion\Lib\site-packages\anacondafusion\` and check to make sure it contains a file named `manifest-anacondafusion.xml`. Right click this folder and choose “Properties”, the “Sharing” tab, and the “Share...” button. Make sure your user name is on the list of “people to share with” and click the “Share” button.

Copy the displayed network address of the folder, which you will use in a later step. For example, a user with the account name “jsmith” might have shared this folder with the network address `\\DESKTOP-KC88P6N\Users\jsmith\AnacondaFusion\Lib\site-packages\anacondafusion`.

Click “Done” and “Close” and close Windows Explorer.

5. Register Anaconda Fusion Secure Connection Certificates

The Anaconda Fusion Add-In is served through a local secure connection. This requires installing the security certificate.

On the Start menu, run Anaconda Fusion. This will start the local Anaconda Fusion server, and you will see a terminal window showing the server log.

Open Internet Explorer and enter the following address: https://localhost:5000/

Be sure to use Microsoft Internet Explorer and not Microsoft Edge or any other browser.

In your Internet Explorer browser, you should see the following:

Click on “Continue to this website (not recommended).” It’s not recommended only because you have not yet installed the security certificate.

In the Security Alert window click “Yes” to proceed with certificate installation.

You’ll see the Anaconda Fusion main window. In the Internet Explorer address bar, you will see a temporary certificate shown with a red shield certificate icon. Click the red shield icon to view and install the certificate.

In the Untrusted Certificate window click the “View Certificates” link at the bottom.

In the “General” tab click the “Install certificate” button and then click “OK”.

In the Certificate Import Wizard window select the option “Local Machine” and then click the “Next” button.

Select “Place all certificates in the following store” and click “Browse”.

Select the folder named “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” and click “OK”.

On the confirmation screen click “Next”.

In the “Completing the Certificate Import Wizard” window click “Finish”.

You will see a confirmation that your certificate was successfully imported. Click “OK”.

6. Register Anaconda Fusion within Excel Add-Ins

Open Excel and click the “File” menu and the menu item “Options”.

On the Excel Options screen, bottom left, select the option “Trust Center” and click the “Trust Center Settings” button.

Select the option “Trusted Add-in Catalogs:”. Paste in the address of the network shared folder from earlier to the “Catalog Url” box and click the “Add Catalog” button. For example, a user with the account name “jsmith” might have shared the folder with the network address `\\DESKTOP-KC88P6N\Users\jsmith\AnacondaFusion\Lib\site-packages\anacondafusion`.

Once it’s configured your window will look like this.

Be sure the checkbox “Show in Menu” is checked. Click “OK” and you will see a notification that the settings are saved and will be applied when Office is restarted. Click “OK”.

Click “OK” to close the Excel Options window. Close and restart Excel to load the new add-in. On the top file bar click the “Insert” menu, then select “Add-Ins” and “My Add-Ins”.

In the “SHARED FOLDER” section, you will see the Anaconda Fusion Add in, AnacondaExcel. Click it to activate the Add-In and click “OK”.

7. Now you can click the “Anaconda Fusion” icon in your Apps Dashboard.

## License File Installation

You will have received a bundled Anaconda subscription license file with a filename such as `license_bundle_20160329183212.txt`. Copy this license file into the hidden `.continuum` directory. For help with hidden directories, please see our License installation page.

## Next Steps

To use Anaconda Fusion, see our guide Getting started.

## Uninstall

To uninstall Anaconda Fusion, click the “Uninstall Anaconda Fusion” item on the Windows Start menu.

## Update

To update Anaconda Fusion to each new release, uninstall the current version and install the new version.