Install from Anaconda

[efraintorlo]

Hi guys,

I'm just wondering if you have or are planning an official Dash version for Anaconda installations.

I need to say that Dash is simple awesome. Thanks for this library.

Cheers

[chriddyp]

Thanks @elchinot7 !

Yeah, we could add a conda version. It is possible to install packages from pip into a conda environment, right? What are the benefits of having the package in both repositories?

[efraintorlo]

@chriddyp you are right, in regular situation it is posible to install any package using pip, however in some situations, in azure Machine Learning Studio for example, only conda versions are accesible.

[rpanai]

@elchinot7 It is possible but, as example, if you are using pandas from conda it reinstalls on top one with pip. Which is not very elegant. A plotly is available on conda it will be great to have dash too.

[jtpio]

With conda it's possible to define an environment.yml file:

name: dash-conda-example
dependencies:
  - python=3
  - pip
  - numpy
  - pip:
    - dash==0.20.0
    - dash-renderer==0.11.2
    - dash-html-components==0.8.0
    - dash-core-components==0.18.1

And run: conda env create to create the conda environment and install all the dependencies at once.

[kalashnikov]

Refer to Dash Installation for latest recommend version configuration.

[julianhatwell]

Benefits of conda are to manage separate environments. Given any credible data scientist is working with Anaconda, it makes sense to manage a conda installation version.

I can install dash into conda by:
conda install -c derickl dash

but I have to install core and html components by hand which is tedious.

[iiosenov]

Thank you for the great set of packages and work!

May I recommend adding official support for conda as this is kind of the gate for newcomers getting involved in analysis and visualization with Python (by official, I mean adding instructions to the documentation and move the pip option away to just as an alternative). There are a lot of issues when it comes to merging conda and pip packages together, described here https://www.anaconda.com/using-pip-in-a-conda-environment/

[wizwiz03]

Are there any updates or plans for this as this is still open?

[chriddyp]

The conda packages are maintained as part of conda-forge now. See installation instructions here: https://github.com/conda-forge/dash-feedstock#installing-dash

So I suppose this can be closed.

[sterlinm]

Is this being maintained? It looks like the latest version of dash on conda-forge is 1.4.1 vs the latest release being 1.7.0. Thanks!