The actual package distribution/management (it is also a replacement for virtualenv) is conda (http://conda.pydata.org/ http://conda.pydata.org/). Since it can

The actual package distribution/management (it is also a replacement for virtualenv) is conda (http://conda.pydata.org/ http://conda.pydata.org/). Since it can be confusing, the difference between conda, anaconda and miniconda is described here: http://conda.pydata.org/docs/faq.html#general-questions http://conda.pydata.org/docs/faq.html#general-questions