Anaconda defaults it's installation to /opt including its own python environments. This can be a problem because /opt requires root permission to write to. To avoid conflicts, we don't want to install conda from the AUR. Anaconda is pretty much the one thing you don't want to install from the AUR.
How to Install
Download the script from official website(I recommend installing miniconda): https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux/
Run the script to install bash ~/Downloads/Anaconda3-2019.10-Linux-x86_64.sh
Activate the conda base env source <path to conda>/bin/activate
This allows running conda from anywhere conda init
Make conda not activate automatically when launching a terminal conda config --set auto_activate_base False
Handy Commands
Activate an environment conda activate [env name]
Deactivate an environment conda deactivate
Create a new environment conda create -n [env name] python=3.6
- version is optional
-nspecifies the name of the env
Remove an env conda remove --name [env name] --all
List environments conda env list
Viewing a list of the packages in an environment conda list -n [env name] if not activated conda list if activated