> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://anaconda.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Building a conda package

You can build a conda package to bundle software files and information about the software—such as its name, specific version and description—into a single file that can be easily installed and managed.

Building a conda package requires [installing conda build](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/install-conda-build.html) and creating a [conda build recipe](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/stable/concepts/recipe.html).

You then use the `conda build` command to build the conda package from the conda recipe.

<Tip>
  If you are new to building packages with conda, here are some video tutorials that you might find helpful:
</Tip>

* [Production-grade Packaging with Anaconda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfI2hdK6vVY) | AnacondaCon 2018

  This 41-minute presentation by Mahmoud Hashemi covers using conda and conda environments to build an OS package (RPM) and Docker images.
* [The Sheer Joy of Packaging](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiI1i525ljE) | SciPy 2018 Tutorial

  This 210-minute presentation by Michael Sarahan, Filipe Fernandes, Chris Barker, Matt Craig, Matt McCormick, Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin, Jonathan Helmus, and Ray Donnelly provides end-to-end examples of packaging with PyPI and conda. You can find materials from the tutorial [here](https://github.com/python-packaging-tutorial/python-packaging-tutorial).
* [Making packages and packaging “just work”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kamld5Z-xx0) | PyData 2017 Tutorial

  This 40-minute presentation by Michael Sarahan walks you through critical topics such as the anatomy of a Python package, tools available to make packaging easier, plus how to automate builds and why you might want to do so.

You can build conda packages from a variety of source code projects, most notably Python. For help packaging a Python project, see the [Setuptools documentation](https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).

<Note>
  Setuptools is a package development process library designed to facilitate packaging Python projects, and is not part of Anaconda, Inc. Conda-build uses the build system that’s native to the language, so in the case of Python that’s `setuptools`.
</Note>

After you build the package, you can [upload it to a channel](./channels#uploading-a-package-to-a-channel) for others to access.