
Obvously, you have to be logged in using an account with administrative privilages to do this. You can open a command prompt as an administrator by going to Start > Programs > Windows System, right clicking on Command Prompt, from the context menu selecting More, and finally selecting Run as administrator.
#Update anaconda update
Creating this environment as an administrator will ensure you can update ArcGIS Pro without the arcpy package breaking. This last part, as an administrator, is important. Next, open a command window as an administrator. Setting Up Your First ArcGIS Conda Environment If you don't have it already installed, you can get it from My. All you have to do is let it update to 2.7, and you will be good to go. If you already have ArcGIS Pro installed, when you open it up today, Thu, it will prompt you to update.

However, unless you already have a conda environment installed, this is what you want, and what you need for the rest of this tutorial to work. At least with Anaconda, the default is not to do this. When installing, make sure and look for the option to, "Add Anaconda to my PATH environment variable," when installing Anaconda or similar for miniconda. To dive in, first get a Windows machine configured with Conda ( Anaconda or miniconda) and ArcGIS Pro 2.7 installed. This means ArcGIS Pro now can coexist on the same machine and play nicely with Conda (Anaconda or miniconda).

Now, arcpy can be installed just like any other Conda package. Manage ArcGIS Pro Python Environments with Standalone Condaįor those of us who regularly work with Python and ArcGIS, especially for data science, life just got a lot easier with ArcGIS Pro 2.7.
