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Provide an installation location (if necessary) and press Enter (or click 

Next).

The application extraction process begins. After the extraction is complete, you 

see a completion message.

6. 

Add the installation path to your 

PATH

 

statement using the method 

required for your version of Linux.

You’re ready to begin using Anaconda.

Installing Python on MacOS

The Mac OS X installation comes in only one form: 64-bit. Before you can perform 

the install, you must download a copy of the Mac software from the Continuum 

Analytics site. You can find the required download information in the “Obtaining 

Analytics Anaconda” section, earlier in this chapter.

The installation files come in two forms. The first depends on a graphical installer; 

the second relies on the command line. The command-line version works much 

like the Linux version described in the “Installing Python on Linux” section of 

this chapter. The following steps help you install Anaconda 64-bit on a Mac sys-

tem using the graphical installer: