[tomkinstinch]

It's worth mentioning that the package manager component of anaconda is released as a separate (small) install: miniconda[1]. It includes only Python and the package manager, and not all of the 700+ packages installed as part of a full anaconda installation.

With its ability to install Python and non-python packages (including binaries), conda is my go-to for managing project environments and dependencies. Between the bioconda[2] and conda-forge[3] channels, it meets the needs of many on the computational side of the biological sciences. Being able to describe a full execution environment with a yaml file is huge win for replicable science.

1. https://conda.io/miniconda.html https://conda.io/docs/user-guide/install/index.html

2. http://bioconda.github.io/

3. https://conda-forge.org/