Updating Anaconda fails Environment Not Writable Error

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I m trying to update Anaconda and its packages using conda update --name root conda  but it fails every time       Error message   EnvironmentNotWritableError  The current user does not   have write permissions to the target environment  environment   location  C  ProgramData Anaconda3   Environment location  C  ProgramData Anaconda3  I replaced the root with base  still I get the same error   Any help

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start your command prompt with run as administrator

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I was also suffered by same problem  I resolved the problem by reinstalling anaconda While installation at this time I selected  just for me  as user  and my problem was solved Try the same

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If you get this error under Linux when running conda using sudo  you might be suffering from bug  7267   When logging in as non-root user via sudo  e g  by   sudo -u myuser -i   conda seems to assume that it is run as root and raises an error   The only known workaround seems to be  Add the following line to your    bashrc   unset SUDO UID SUDO GID SUDO USER      or unset the ENV variables by running the line in a different way before running conda   If you mistakenly installed anaconda miniconda as root via sudo this can also lead to the same error  then you might want to do the following   sudo chown -R username  path to anaconda3   Tested with conda 4 6 14

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CONDA UPDATE - NO WRITE ACCESS PROBLEM    FIXED    SIMPLE SOLUTION    Press the Windows S combination button and type  cmd  into it  Right click on the Command Prompt App result that shows up and click on  Run as administrator  Now  in the black window that is open  i e  your Command prompt   copy and paste the following to check for your version  conda --version If you want the latest update  then update Conda by running the update command by pasting the following and clicking enter  in the command prompt black window   conda update conda If a newer version is available  it will prompt you for a yes no to install the update  Type  yes  and then press Enter to update

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Open this folder  C  ProgramData   and right-click on   Anaconda3   go to properties -  security and check all the boxes for each user  This worked for me

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On Windows in general  running command prompt with administrator works  But if you don t want to do that every time  specify Full control permissions of your user  or simply all users  on Anaconda3 directory  Be aware that specifying it for all users allows other users to install their own packages and modify the content

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In my case somehow CONDA ENVS PATH was removed  so I was having NotWritableError  So I fixed the error by specifying  CONDA ENVS PATH   my-envs  opt anaconda envs   in the  bashrc file

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As an alternative  I would suggest looking at your conda config file    Reason  Sometimes for creating a virtual env at a specified location other than the pre-defined path at   anaconda3 envs we append the conda config file using  conda config --append envs dirs  path to envs where envs dirs is a specified function in config file for allocating different paths where conda can find your virtual envs  Removing a recently added path in this config file may solve the problem   Solution     gt  conda config --show envs dirs      envs dirs      -  home some recent path      remove this     -  home     anaconda3 envs   Note the value specifing a different directory other than the predefined location  and remove it using     gt  conda config --remove envs dirs  home some recent path   Now the config file envs dirs is set to default location of envs  Try creating a new env now

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Deleting file  condarc  eg  root  condarc  in the user s home directory before installation  resolved the issue

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this line of code on your terminal  solves the problem    sudo chown -R  USER  USER anaconda 3

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I had installed anaconda via the system installer on OS X in the past  which created a    conda environments txt owned by root  Conda could not modify this file  hence the error   To fix this issue  I changed the ownership of that directory and file to my username   sudo chown -R  USER    conda

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If you face this issue in Linux  one of the common reasons can be that the folder  anaconda3  or  anaconda2  has root ownership  This prevents other users from writing into the folder  This can be resolved by changing the ownership of the folder from root to  USER  by running the command   sudo chown -R  USER  USER anaconda3   or sudo chown -R  USER  USER  lt path of anaconda 3 2 folder gt   Note  How to figure out whether a folder has root ownership  -- There will be a lock symbol on the top right corner of the respective folder  Or right-click on the folder- properties and you will be able to see the owner details  The -R argument lets the  USER access all the folders and files within the folder anaconda3 or anaconda2 or any respective folder  It stands for  recursive

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I had the same issue and the base environment was in C  ProgramData Anaconda3  This is the case  when Anaconda is installed for all users    As a solution  I re-installed Anaconda just for me and now the base environment is in  AppData Local Continuum anaconda3  This now can be updated via conda update without admin privileges

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On Windows  search for Anaconda PowerShell Prompt  Right click the program and select Run as administrator  In the command prompt  execute the following command   conda update -n base -c defaults conda   Your Anaconda should now update without admin related errors

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