title: Can Anaconda be packaged for a portable zero-configuration install?
body: <p>I'd like to deploy Python to non-programmers in my organization such that the  install process consists entirely of syncing a directory from Perforce and maybe running one batch file that sets up environment variables.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to package up Miniconda in such a way it can be "installed" just by copying down a directory?   What does its installer do?</p>
  
  <p>The reason for this is that I'd like to automate certain tasks for our artists by providing them with Python scripts they can run from the commandline. But I need to get the interpreter onto their machines without having to run any kind of installer or uninstaller, or any process that can fail in a non-idempotent way. A batch file that sets up env vars is fine, because it is idempotent. An installer that can fail partway through and put the workstation into a state requiring intervention to fix is not. </p>
  
  <p>In particular, adding a library to everyone's install should consist of my using <code>conda</code> on my desk, checking the ensuing directory into P4, and then letting artists pick it up automatically with their next <code>p4 sync</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I looked at WinPython, but at 1.4GB it is too large. Portable Python is defunct.</p>
  
  <p>We are exclusively a Windows shop, so do not need Linux- or Mac-portable solutions.</p>