How to install xgboost in Anaconda Python (Windows platform)?

1. Download package from this website. I downloaded xgboost-0.6-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl for anaconda 3 (python 3.6)
2. Put the package in directory C:\
3. Open anaconda 3 prompt
4. Type cd C:\
5. Type pip install C:\xgboost-0.6-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
6. Type conda update scikit-learn

The easiest way (Worked for me) is to do the following:

anaconda search -t conda xgboost

You will get a list of install-able features like this:

for example if you want to install the first one on the list mndrake/xgboost (FOR WINDOWS-64bits):

conda install -c mndrake xgboost

If you're in a Unix system you can choose any other package with "linux-64" on the right.

• Update on 22/10/2020:

Without searching in conda list of channels, you can install it using (source: https://anaconda.org/anaconda/py-xgboost) :

conda install -c anaconda py-xgboost

Anaconda's website addresses this problem here: https://anaconda.org/anaconda/py-xgboost.

conda install -c anaconda py-xgboost

This fixed the problem for me with no problems.

After trying some things the only thing that worked for me is:

conda install -c anaconda py-xgboost