Install Conda on Mac with M1 chip

I noticed that NLP people like to use conda to manage python project packaging. I mainly used python virtual environments for my projects. Would be good to find out in the future what conda does better.  Below is just basics on installing conda.

Step 1:

Go to the installer page:

https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html

For MacBook Pro I downloaded the version below:

MacOSX	
Miniconda3 macOS Apple M1 64-bit bash (Py38 conda 4.10.1 2021-11-08)	4ce4047065f32e991edddbb63b3c7108e7f4534cfc1efafc332454a414deab58

Step 2: Check that you got the file

np@Ns-MacBook-Pro ~ % ls Downloads
Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh

Step 3: install

np@Ns-MacBook-Pro ~ %
np@Ns-MacBook-Pro ~ % ./Downloads/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh
zsh: permission denied: ./Downloads/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh
np@Ns-MacBook-Pro ~ % chmod +x Downloads/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh
np@Ns-MacBook-Pro ~ % ./Downloads/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh

partial output:

Miniconda3 will now be installed into this location:
/Users/np/miniconda3

  - Press ENTER to confirm the location
  - Press CTRL-C to abort the installation
  - Or specify a different location below

[/Users/np/miniconda3] >>> 
PREFIX=/Users/np/miniconda3
Unpacking payload ...

partial output:

==> For changes to take effect, close and re-open your current shell. <==

If you'd prefer that conda's base environment not be activated on startup, 
   set the auto_activate_base parameter to false: 

conda config --set auto_activate_base false

Thank you for installing Miniconda3!

Step 4: restart your computer

Optional:

To check run:

(base) np@Ns-MacBook-Pro ~ % which -p conda
/Users/np/miniconda3/bin/conda

DON’T DO: which conda doesn’t work. I got the following error, do which -p conda

(base) np@Ns-MacBook-Pro Downloads % which conda                        
conda () {
	if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]
	then
		"$CONDA_EXE" $_CE_M $_CE_CONDA
	else
		\local cmd="$1"
		shift
		case "$cmd" in
			(activate | deactivate) __conda_activate "$cmd" "$@" ;;
			(install | update | upgrade | remove | uninstall) CONDA_INTERNAL_OLDPATH="${PATH}" 
				__add_sys_prefix_to_path
				"$CONDA_EXE" $_CE_M $_CE_CONDA "$cmd" "$@"
				\local t1=$?
				PATH="${CONDA_INTERNAL_OLDPATH}" 
				if [ $t1 = 0 ]
				then
					__conda_reactivate
				else
					return $t1
				fi ;;
			(*) CONDA_INTERNAL_OLDPATH="${PATH}" 
				__add_sys_prefix_to_path
				"$CONDA_EXE" $_CE_M $_CE_CONDA "$cmd" "$@"
				\local t1=$?
				PATH="${CONDA_INTERNAL_OLDPATH}" 
				return $t1 ;;
		esac
	fi
}