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Anaconda Navigator
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:emphasis:`Desktop Installer & Manager`

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   install
   update-navigator
   user-guide
   help-support
   release-notes
   glossary

What is Anaconda Navigator?
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Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface (GUI)
included in Anaconda\ |reg| distribution that allows you to launch applications
and easily manage conda packages, environments and channels without using
command-line commands. Navigator can search for packages on Anaconda Cloud
or in a local Anaconda Repository. It is available for Windows, macOS and
Linux.

To get Navigator, get the :download:`Navigator Cheat Sheet <../Anaconda-Starter-Guide-Cheat-Sheet.pdf>`
and :doc:`install Anaconda <../install/index>`.

The Navigator :doc:`getting-started` section shows how to start Navigator from the
shortcuts or from a terminal window.

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Why use Navigator?
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In order to run, many scientific packages depend on specific versions of other
packages. Data scientists often use multiple versions of many packages, and
use multiple environments to separate these different versions.

The command line program conda is both a package manager and an environment
manager, to help data scientists ensure that each version of each package has
all the dependencies it requires and works correctly.

Navigator is an easy, point-and-click way to work with packages and
environments without needing to type conda commands in a terminal
window. You can use it to find the packages you want, install them in
an environment, run the packages and update them, all inside Navigator.

What applications can I access using Navigator?
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The following applications are available by default in Navigator:

* `Jupyter Notebook <https://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
* `Orange App <http://orange.biolab.si/docs/>`_
* `QTConsole <https://qtconsole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
* `Glueviz <http://glueviz.org/en/stable/>`_
* `Spyder <https://pythonhosted.org/spyder/>`_
* `RStudio <http://docs.rstudio.com/>`_

Advanced conda users can also `build your own Navigator applications <https://conda.io/docs/build_tutorials/app.html>`_.

How can I run code with Navigator?
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The simplest way is with Spyder. From the Navigator Home tab, click Spyder,
and write and execute your code.

You can also use Jupyter Notebooks the same way. Jupyter Notebooks are an
increasingly popular system that combine your code, descriptive text, output,
images and interactive interfaces into a single notebook file that is edited,
viewed and used in a web browser.


What's new in 1.6?
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* Better logging for application launches.
* Package list can be filtered by "to be installed".
* Selecting an environment on the Home or Environments tab now selects it on both.
* Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements.

For details on changes in this and previous versions, see :doc:`release-notes`.

To see what version of Navigator you have, on Linux or Windows, from the
**Help** on the Help menu, select About.  On macOS, from the **Anaconda
Navigator** menu, select About Anaconda-Navigator.



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