Anaconda on Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 4?

[Adam Funk]

On 2020-12-17, Liam Proven wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 10:32, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
>>
>> Well, it indirectly suggests that the answer is "no", since I can't
>> find any scripts that match that description!
>
> Um. I am not sure why you are talking about scripts, TBH.
>
> This is a volunteer-run list where Ubuntu community members try to
> help each other out. We are not Ubuntu staff, although some Ubuntu
> staff members do sometimes post here -- but it's not part of their
> job.
>
> AFAICS Anaconda, whatever it is, is not part of Ubuntu.
>
> I don't know anything at all about Anaconda. To me, an anaconda is a
> kind of snake, and that's all I know! Google suggests that it is
> something to do with Python coding but I have no knowledge at all
> about that.
>
> So, you seemed to me to be asking "how can I install Anaconda on
> 64-bit ARM Ubuntu".
>
> Is that correct? If so, I pointed you to some helpful comments about
> installing it or a related product on 64-bit ARM Ubuntu.
>
> If not, then what are you asking? Are you asking "Does Anaconda run on
> 64-bit ARM Ubuntu?" If so, you are asking in the wrong place. I don't
> know anything at all about Anaconda. I don't know if anyone else on
> the list does, but if they did, they would probably have volunteered
> an answer.
>
> AFAICS Anaconda is not a FOSS product, but it does have a free
> version. It may be freemium. I can't tell.
>
> From a quick look at the Anaconda website, the freeware product is
> only available as binary installers, for Windows, MacOS and Linux on
> x86 & POWER. So the answer to "can I run any of those on a Raspberry
> Pi?" is a firm *no*.
>
> There is also apparently some freeware thing called Miniconda.
> https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html
>
> I don't know what that is, what it does, whether it's any use to you,
> but again I only see Win, Mac & Linuc on x86 + POWER downloads. So,
> contrary to the Stack Exchange post, I don't see an ARM version and
> it's a binary so I think you are SOL.
>
> However, that SE post said that there _was_ an ARM version. So if you
> want to know more about that, go ask them!
>
> I'm sorry but that is about all I can tell you. :-(

That's pretty good, thanks.