title: How do you know which conda channel to install from?
body: <p>When installing a package using <code>conda intall</code>, <strong>how do you know which channel to use?</strong></p>
  <ul>
  <li><code>conda install</code> <em>packagename</em> (default channel)</li>
  <li><code>conda install -c anaconda</code> <em>packagename</em></li>
  <li><code>conda install -c conda-forge</code> <em>packagename</em></li>
  <li><code>conda install -c some-other-channels</code> <em>packagename</em><br />
  ・<br />
  ・<br />
  ・</li>
  </ul>
  <p>I know people say channels don't really matter, but I came across the issue when installing <code>jupyter</code> -<br />
  When I tried <code>conda install jupyter</code>, there was an error <code>ImportError: DLL load failed</code> when setting up <code>jupyter notebook</code>.
  However when I tried <code>conda install -c anaconda jupyter</code>, it worked fine.</p>
  <p>There are <code>jupyter</code> packages offered by different channels when you search on <a href="https://anaconda.org/search?q=jupyter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anaconda Cloud</a> .</p>