I am using Mac Air M1. I uninstalled Anaconda a few years ago. Now I need to install again. But there is nan error message - Chosen path already exists ‘/opt/anaconda3’ , (please relaunch the installer and choose another location in the Destination Select step.
I think that means the old path/folder is still there so the new Anaconda cannot be installed. So I also attach the screenshot of my file/folders under user, and I see many “anaconda” related folders. So what should I do now? Please advise?
It’s also advisable to completely uninstall Anaconda before proceeding with the installation to make sure to get rid of any errors, you can do that if you follow these instructions:
macOS or Linux
Open your terminal application.
Remove your entire Anaconda directory with rm -rf. Depending on your installation, your anaconda2 or anaconda3 directory will be in your root folder or in your opt folder.
The following are a few examples of how you may need to delete your Anaconda folder
sudo su
rm -rf anaconda3
rm -rf ~/anaconda3
rm -rf ~/opt/anaconda3
rm -rf /opt/anaconda3
Close and reopen your terminal to refresh it. You should no longer see (base) in your terminal prompt.
