Installing Anaconda-navigator on Linux Ubuntu

 After losing my window OS due to my laptop's HDD breakdown, I install ubuntu to start with a Linux environment. I am not very new to this OS as I used this Ubuntu and fedora OS a lot when I was in college but there has been a long gap. So anyway I installed Ubuntu and I was setting up all my development software and dependencies again. 

What is Ubuntu OS? 

Ubuntu is a computer operating system that is based on the Debian Linux distribution. It is designed to be easy to use and is available for free. The operating system can be installed on a variety of devices, including personal computers, servers, and smartphones. Ubuntu is developed by a community of volunteers and is known for its security, reliability, and ease of use. The name "Ubuntu" is derived from an African philosophy that emphasizes the importance of community and cooperation. Wikipedia

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What is Anaconda-navigator?

Anaconda Navigator is a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing packages and environments in the Anaconda Python distribution. It allows users to launch applications, including Jupyter notebooks, and to manage conda packages and environments without using the command-line interface.

Anaconda Navigator is included with the Anaconda distribution, which is a collection of over 1,000 open-source packages for scientific computing, data science, and machine learning. The Anaconda distribution is popular among data scientists and researchers because it includes many of the tools and libraries needed for these tasks, such as NumPy, pandas, and scikit-learn.

Anaconda Navigator is a useful tool for managing and organizing packages and environments in the Anaconda distribution, and for launching applications such as Jupyter notebooks. It is particularly useful for users who are new to the Anaconda distribution and are not familiar with using the command-line interface.

The official way to install anaconda on your ubuntu os

• First, download the official Anaconda installer for Linux. 
• Open your terminal by clicking the window and searching for a terminal
• It is recommended to verify the installer's data integrity with SHA-256. So to verify your installer use the below command in your terminal 
• 
  $ shasum -a 256 /PATH/FILENAME
# Replace /PATH/FILENAME with your installation's path and filename.
• I assume you have installed python version 3+
• Now enter the following command in the terminal to install the downloaded anaconda.sh file
  $ bash ~/Downloads/Anaconda3-2022.10-Linux-x86_64.sh
# Replace ~/Downloads with your actual path
# Replace the .sh file name with the name of the file you downloaded

• Press Enter many times to review the license agreement. 
• Enter "yes" to agree to the license agreement.
• Now this is the important step here installer will ask you to keep the default installation path or if you want to change the path. So keep in mind if you don't want to get into any trouble after installation then just leave the installation path as the default PREFIX=/home/<USER>/anaconda<2/3> and continue the installation. else you can choose any other path you'd like to install. 

• The installer asks you to choose whether to initialize Anaconda by running conda init. Officially they recommend choosing "yes". if you enter "no" then conda will not modify your shell scripts. See FAQ.
• Then the installer finishes the installation and displays "Thank you for installing Anaconda3!"
• Now close this terminal window for installation to be done. and then restart the terminal. Then enter command $ anaconda-navigator as following
  

For more detail visit Installing on Linux