Anaconda is a great Python environment, no doubt about that. However, it was not immediately easy to make graph-tool run smoothly on it. That took some time and a little google-fu to make things work.

> Edit: as suggested by [Morten Grøftehauge](https://medium.com/@mortengroftehauge.work?source=responses---------0----------------), I published this conda environment at <https://anaconda.org/ruliana/graph-tool>

The dependency with GTK is one of the problems and here I explain what I did to fix them.

First, open “anaconda-navigator” and add three new channels:

- conda-forge
- ostrokach-forge
- pkgw-forge

![New channel in anaconda-navigator](/media/01M43VW5ZB016AXPYK3VZY8W2C/installing-graph-tool-for-python-3-on-anaconda-1.png "New channel in anaconda-navigator")

*New channel in anaconda-navigator*

Then, install the following packages:

- gtk3 (from pkgw-forge)
- pygobject (from conda-forge)
- matplotlib (from conda-forge)
- graph-tool (from ostrokach-forge)

![Install graph-tool and dependencies](/media/01M43VW6MEK3ATXNY7DTSD0NG1/installing-graph-tool-for-python-3-on-anaconda-2.png "Install graph-tool and dependencies")

*Install graph-tool and dependencies*

Done!

Open a Python console in this environment and type:

\> from graph_tool.all import \*

If the import goes fine, graph-tool is properly installed. Go ahead and be happy :)