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# Anaconda Navigator

Desktop Installer & Manager

Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface included in Anaconda that allows you to launch applications and easily manage conda packages, environments and channels without the need to use command line commands. Navigator can be set to search for packages on Anaconda Cloud or a local Anaconda Repository. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

- Just a click of the “Launch” button opens any of these pre-installed applications: Jupyter Notebook, Orange App, Anaconda Fusion, QTConsole, Glueviz, Spyder, or RStudio.
- One-click install any of the available applications from the Navigator home page Glueviz and R Studio by clicking the “Install” button.
- One-click free 60 day trial of licensed programs such as Anaconda Fusion by clicking the “Try” button.

Full instructions are below.

Anaconda Navigator

Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface included in Anaconda that allows you to launch applications and easily manage conda packages, environments and channels without the need to use command line commands. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

- What’s new in Navigator 1.4?
- System requirements
- How to get Anaconda Navigator
- How to start Anaconda Navigator
- How to use Navigator with Anaconda Repository
- Support

## What’s new in Navigator 1.4?

With this release Navigator is out of beta status! The word “Beta” is removed from the heading.

A lot of small changes to make using Navigator easier, including:

1. Two new apps on the home screen: R Studio IDE can be automatically installed by clicking the “Install” button, and Orange app returns after sitting out the last version due to some compatibility issues that have been resolved. Orange app is pre-installed so it can be launched just by clicking the “Launch” button.
2. Other changes include a new option to disable SSL verification, automatic trial license downloaded for Anaconda Fusion, correct display of no arch packages, and a friendly warning about updating channels for long-term users of Anaconda.org who are still using the old channel name, binstar.org.

See full details in the Navigator changelog.

## System requirements

- Navigator supports the same platforms that the Anaconda Distribution supports, including Windows Vista and newer 32 or 64-bit, Ubuntu 14.04 32-or 64-bit, or macOS 64-bit
- Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, or 3.6

## How to get Anaconda Navigator

Anaconda Navigator is automatically installed when users download and install Anaconda.

If you already have Anaconda or Miniconda running on your system, you can install Anaconda Navigator from a terminal or command prompt with the command `conda install anaconda-navigator`.

## How to start Anaconda Navigator

When you install Anaconda on Windows or macOS, an icon is automatically added to your programs menu and/or your Desktop to launch Anaconda Navigator.

You can also launch Anaconda Navigator from a terminal or command prompt with the command `anaconda-navigator`.

Different Linux distributions such as CentOS or Ubuntu have many different systems for adding shortcuts to menus and to the desktop, so Anaconda does not add these shortcuts automatically. Instead, you can use your operating system to create shortcuts that run the command `anaconda-navigator` on the desktop or on the operating system’s main menu or both.

## How to use Navigator with Anaconda Repository

Anaconda Enterprise subscribers can easily set Navigator to search your local Anaconda Repository instead of Anaconda.org. From the top menu bar, select Preferences. In the “Anaconda API domain” box, enter the address of your local Anaconda Repository and click the Apply button:

Next, sign Navigator into your local Anaconda Cloud (Anaconda Repository) so you can search for packages marked as private. Click the top right “Sign in to Anaconda Cloud” button and enter your Anaconda Repository Username and Password, then click the Apply button:

## Support

For free community support, join the Anaconda Mailing List.

Please report bugs on the Anaconda GitHub issue tracker.

Training and consulting is available for Anaconda Navigator and all Anaconda products. For more information, please contact your account representative or sales@continuum.io.

Anaconda Navigator is copyright 2016 Continuum Analytics, Inc. May be copied and distributed freely only as part of an Anaconda or Miniconda installation.