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Anaconda Navigator
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Desktop Installer & Manager
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Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface included in Anaconda 
that allows you to launch applications and easily manage conda packages, 
environments and channels without the need to use command line commands. 
It is available for Windows, OS X and Linux.

**Anaconda Navigator**

.. image:: /img/navigator-home-1-3.png

.. contents:: Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface included in Anaconda 
    that allows you to launch applications and easily manage conda packages, 
    environments and channels without the need to use command line commands. 
    It is available for Windows, OS X and Linux.
  :local:

What's new in Navigator 1.3?
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Environments are now easier to manage, and a new License Manager makes it 
easy to install and manage your licensed programs. 

The Orange app was removed from the Home tab because Navigator requires version 5 of the Qt framework and Orange requires Qt 4. You can easily use Orange in its own environment as follows: 

1. In Navigator, go to your Environments tab, click the Create button and name your environment "Orange".

2. Add the Orange app to your new environment. Click your new Orange environment to select it, select "All apps" to search all apps for the Orange app, and type "orange" in the search box. From the search results select Orange version 2.7.8, then click the Apply button.

3. On your Orange environment, click the triangle "Go" button, select Terminal, and in the terminal window that opens type "orange-canvas". Orange opens up in its own environment, separate from Navigator.

See full details in 
:doc:`What's new in Navigator? <navigator-whats-new>`.

System requirements
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* Navigator supports the same platforms that the Anaconda Distribution
  supports, including Windows Vista and newer 32 or 64-bit, Ubuntu 14.04 
  32-or 64-bit, or OS X 64-bit

* Python 2.7, 3.4 or 3.5

How to get Anaconda Navigator
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Anaconda Navigator is automatically installed when users download and install
:doc:`Anaconda <index>`.

If you already have Anaconda or Miniconda running on your system, you can
install Anaconda Navigator from a terminal or command prompt with the command 
`conda install anaconda-navigator`.

How to start Anaconda Navigator
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When you install Anaconda, an icon is automatically added to your programs menu
and/or your Desktop to launch Anaconda Navigator.

You can also launch Anaconda Navigator from a terminal or command prompt with the
command `anaconda-navigator`.


.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 1
  :hidden:

  navigator-using
  navigator-tutorial
  navigator-pandas
  navigator-glossary
  navigator-whats-new

Support
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For free community support, join the
`Anaconda Mailing List <https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/anaconda>`_.

Please report bugs on the
`Anaconda GitHub issue tracker <https://github.com/ContinuumIO/anaconda-issues/issues>`_.

Training and consulting is available for Anaconda Navigator and
all Anaconda products. For more information, please contact your account
representative or sales@continuum.io.


Anaconda Navigator is copyright 2016 Continuum Analytics, Inc. May be copied
and distributed freely only as part of an Anaconda or Miniconda installation.
