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by the party who created the package. Generally, when the package is configured, you use it as you would any built-in package.
Considering the package cache
Anaconda provides a package cache that resides outside the Python library. This package cache lets you easily interact with the Anaconda- specific packages by using the conda command-line utility. To see how you use this package cache, open an Anaconda command prompt or terminal window. You get access to this feature through the Anaconda Prompt entry in the Anaconda3 folder on your system. Type conda list and press Enter to see a list of the packages that you have installed now. Figure 11-2 shows typical results.
FIGURE 11-2: Obtain a list of Anaconda-specific packages by using the conda utility.
Note that the output displays the package name as you would access it from within Anaconda, the package version, and the associated Python version. All this information is helpful in managing the packages. The following list provides the essential conda commands for managing your packages:
conda clean:Removespackagesthatyouaren'tusing.