> ## 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.

# Connecting Package Security Manager to Navigator

Anaconda Navigator is a desktop graphical user interface (GUI (A graphical interface with images, icons, and menus that lets you interact with software instead of typing commands.)) included in Anaconda Distribution that allows you to launch applications and manage conda packages (Software files and information about the software, such as its name, version, and description, bundled into a file that can be installed and managed by a package manager.), environments (A self-contained, isolated space for installing and running software packages.), and channels (A location (URL or file path) in a repository where conda looks for packages.) without using the command-line interface. Navigator can search for packages on [anaconda.org](https://www.anaconda.org) or in your local Package Security Manager repository (Any storage location from which software or software assets, like packages, can be retrieved and installed on a local computer.), and is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

> [!WARNING]
>
> You *must* configure your `.condarc` file prior to using Navigator with
> Package Security Manager. For more information, see [Using conda with Package Security Manager](https://anaconda.com/docs/psm-on-prem/6.8.0/user/conda.md).

For step by step instructions, see [Connecting Navigator to Package Security Manager](https://anaconda.com/docs/legacy/anaconda-navigator/tutorials/connecting-to-other-repos.md).

For more information on using Navigator, see the [official Navigator documentation](https://anaconda.com/docs/legacy/anaconda-navigator/main.md).