title: How to install a package not supported by condas
body: <p>I am trying out Anaconda on OS X and need to install the python package "npTDMS".</p>
  
  <p>I tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>conda install nptdms
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which gave me an error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error: No packages found in current osx-64 channels matching: nptdms
    You can search for this package on Binstar with</p>
    
    <p>binstar search -t conda nptdms</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So I tried that which found a package auto/nptdms for linux-64, which I assume won't work.</p>
  
  <p>So, after some digging, I found <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18640305/how-to-keep-track-of-pip-installed-packages-in-an-anaconda-conda-env">instructions here</a></p>
  
  <p>and tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>conda skeleton pypi npTDMS
  conda build npTMDS
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which seemed to work (the tests passed.)</p>
  
  <p>But then </p>
  
  <pre><code>import nptmds
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>returns </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ImportError: No module named nptdms</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So I tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda pipbuild nptdms
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which finished after a while with the error</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Error: package/name must be lowercase, got: u'npTDMS'</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Can someone point me to a better set of instruction?</p>