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# Installation

## Requirements

- Microsoft Windows 8 or higher OR Mac OS X
- Excel 2016 for Windows or Mac
- Internet Explorer 11 or higher or Edge for Windows; any browser for OS X
- Internet connection (necessary both for installing and running Anaconda Fusion)
- An Anaconda subscription license file

## Installation options

Anaconda Fusion can be installed as an independent standalone application, or as a conda package in your Anaconda distribution on Windows or OS X.

- If you have the Anaconda Distribution installed in your system, follow the conda installation instructions.
- If you don’t have the Anaconda Distribution installed in your system and prefer an independent standalone application installer, use the installer for Windows or the installer for Mac OS X.

NOTE: Installing Anaconda Fusion with the installers when Anaconda Distribution is already installed on your system is not supported. If you already have the Anaconda Distribution please follow the conda instructions.

These installation options are detailed step-by-step below.

## Windows install

1. Download the Anaconda Fusion Windows installer.
2. Find the downloaded file in your Downloads folder named `AnacondaFusion-0.9.0-Windows-x86_64.exe` and double-click it to install Fusion.
3. Follow the prompts in the Installation Wizard.

NOTE: The installation will ask to be granted administrative rights so it can register all the assets required by Excel Office365 Add-Ins. If the administrative rights are not granted the registration of these assets will fail and Anaconda Fusion will be installed in the system but not visible from Excel. To solve this problem please refer to the Installing Add-In assets manually on Windows and the Anaconda Fusion is not showing on my (Windows) Excel Add-Ins View paragraphs at the troubleshooting section.

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

5. That’s it. Now open Excel and refer to the Start Anaconda Fusion on Windows paragraph to learn how to activate Anaconda Fusion on Excel.

## Mac OS X install

1. Download the Anaconda Fusion Mac OS X installer.
2. Open a terminal window, navigate to the downloads file folder (usually cd Downloads), and type the command `sh AnacondaFusion-0.9.0-MacOSX-x86_64.sh` to install Fusion.
3. Follow the prompts in the Installation Wizard.
4. In your terminal, type the command fusion to run Anaconda Fusion.
5. That’s it. Now open Excel and refer to the Start Anaconda Fusion on Mac paragraph to learn how to activate Anaconda Fusion on Excel.

TIP: To find the Fusion Examples folder, type the command fusion-examples. A new Finder window will oepn with all .xlsx examples files.

NOTE: Installation on Mac OS X requires no security certificate registration due to a different security policy. Instead, Excel on OS X asks the user to grant permissions during the first Anaconda Fusion activation. Click ‘Yes’ to grant the permissions.

## Install Fusion using a conda package on Windows or Mac OS X

If you already have an Anaconda installation and are familiar with conda, you can install Anaconda Fusion as a conda package.

NOTE: Fusion requires Python 3.5. You may create a Python 3.5 conda environment and install Fusion there even if your conda root environment uses another Python version such as Python 2.7.

First, create the new conda environment in which to install Anaconda Fusion.

WINDOWS:

    conda create -n your-environment-name python=3.5
    activate your-environment-name

NOTE: Replace your-environment-name with the actual name of your environment.

MAC OS X:

    conda create -n your-environment-name python=3.5
    source activate your-environment-name

NOTE: Replace your-environment-name with the actual name of your environment.

Now install Anaconda Fusion with the following command:

    conda install -c anaconda-fusion anacondafusion

Next, for Windows, follow the steps from step 4 above in Windows install.

For Mac OSX, follow the steps from step 4 above in Mac OS X install.

## License File Installation

The first time you start Anaconda Fusion, it will ask you to upload the license file:

Browse your directories until you find your Anaconda Fusion license file, such as `license_bundle_20160524191753.txt`. Click Upload. Anaconda Fusion will then start.

## Next Steps

To use Anaconda Fusion, see our guide Getting started.

## Update Windows and Mac OS X

To update Anaconda Fusion to each new release, be sure to close Excel and uninstall the current version (see below) and install the new version.

## Update Conda package

To update Anaconda Fusion to each new release, be sure to close Excel, then in a terminal window run the following command: conda update -c anaconda-fusion anacondafusion.

## Windows uninstall

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

## Mac OS X uninstall

To uninstall Anaconda Fusion, remove the folder where it was installed with the command: `rm -r ~/anacondafusion`.

## Conda package uninstall

To uninstall Anaconda Fusion, in a terminal window, activate your conda environment and run conda remove:

    source activate your-environment-name
    conda remove anacondafusion

NOTE: Replace your-environment-name with the actual name of your environment.