Can all 'pip' packages be installed through 'conda install' command?

Question

I'm using a station without admin rights and without pip. I need to use PyCharm (already installed) so as a workaround I installed Anaconda Navigator (doesn't require admin) and am using an environment in Anaconda as my interpreter in PyCharm.

I'm a bit confused regarding the conda install and the packages offered there. Are they all the same as the ones offered by the Python Package Index? Do developers only upload their work once to pypi.org and then it appears on both pip and conda installations or does it not include every single python package out there?

Thanks and I apologize if the question doesn't belong to this section of stack exchange.

Answer 1

First here is a link to an anther great post with a similar question: What is the difference between pip and conda?

But here is a response from my point of view and understanding:

Pip libraries specifically focus on packages related to the python. Conda uses those too, however, it also provides packages not related to python.

The best package example available is HDF5 it was not originally integrated into pip and Conda had their own hdf5 package. Pip has a similar package called h5py.

Also, conda's virtualization environments are what so appealing about it. In a way, Conda is like Docker.

Conda Hdf5: https://anaconda.org/anaconda/hdf5

Pip h5py: https://pypi.org/project/h5py/

Conda Cloud has the ability to read the PyPi libraries index, so it will be aware of newly uploaded packages.

Sorry if my response was not clear enough! English is not my first language, plus I was in the same boat as you a year ago.