How to update package on Conda

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Conda is an open-source environment management system and package management system. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. You can quickly and easily install, runs, and updates package and their dependencies. You can easily load, saves, creates, and switches between environment on a local computer. Mainly it was created for Python programs, but it can distribute and package software for any language.

Conda is also an environment manager. If you need a package that requires a different version of python you can use conda for it. You can easily set up a different environment using a different version of python and still run your usual version of python in your normal environment.

In this article, we are going to learn how to update the package on Conda.


Updating packages:

To check if any new update is available you can use conda update. If any update is available you can choose whether to install or not to install it.

You can use an Anaconda prompt or the terminal for the following steps: 

1. Update specific package: 

conda update package-name


2. Update all packages in the current environment: 

conda update --all


3. Update all packages in the current environment: 

conda update -n myenv --all


4. Update Python: 

conda update python


5. Update conda itself: 

conda update conda

Hope this helps you to manage the update package on conda. If you have any feedback on this article comment below.