Concepts

What is a “package”?

  • A package is anything you install using your package manager.

  • A "conda package" is a compressed tarball that contains

    • the module to be installed

    • information on how to install the package

  • You can use conda-build to build a conda package.

What about channels?

  • Channels contain packages.

  • They conform to a standard structure and contain an index of available packages.

  • An index of the available packages can be generated by running:

$ conda index <path to channel>
  • conda is able to install from channels and uses the indexes in the channel to solve for requirements and dependencies.