Anaconda is a very popular data science platform for people using Python to build machine learning and Deep Learning models and deployable applications. The Anaconda marketing team put it best in their What is Anaconda page (https://www.anaconda.com/what-is-anaconda/). To install Anaconda follow the given steps:

• Click Anaconda from the menu and click Download to go to the download page (https://www.continuum.io/downloads)
• Choose the download suitable for your platform (Linux, OS X, or Windows):
  • Choose Python 3.6 version*
  • Choose the Graphical Installer
• Follow the instructions on the wizard and in 10 -20 mins you will be ready with Python setup

Once the installation process is completed you can use following command to check the Python version in your Linux terminal:

python -V

You should see output like:

Python 2.7 :: Anaconda,Inc.