Error updating conda

Luis_Solís · June 5, 2023, 4:43pm

I have been dealing with installing conda on Windows. Once finished, if I try to upgrade to the latest version with the instructions:
conda update conda
or with
conda update -n base conda
In both cases the update ends with an error that apparently causes the coda commands to not work.
However, in both of the above cases, at the beginning of the process and before pressing “y” to continue, the screen displays:
Please update conda by running
$ conda update -n base -c defaults conda
If I now proceed to update using this command, the process finishes successfully.
Perhaps it would be possible to update the conda update prompts that appear in the CheatSheet or on the web page that opens after conda installation to avoid the reported bugs until they are resolved.

Carlos_Valin · June 6, 2023, 12:55pm

Good morning,

Thank you so much for contacting us, can you please send us more information about the error that you are seeing and the operating system that you are using?

A screenshot or the error message would be very helpful, we are happy to assist you.

Luis_Solís · June 6, 2023, 7:39pm

Thank you for your interest, Carlos
I did a miniconda install on Windows 10 with the installer downloaded from Miniconda — conda documentation
Following the recommendation, I tried to upgrade conda with the command
conda update conda
, after pressing “y” an error occurs whose text I didn’t save, sorry.
However, when I tried again and before pressing “y”, I noticed that at the beginning of the explanatory text it was indicated,

“”"
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done

==> WARNING: A newer version of conda exists. <==
current version: 23.3.1
latest version: 23.5.0

Please update conda by running

$ conda update -n base -c defaults conda

Or to minimize the number of packages updated during conda update use

 conda install conda=23.5.0

Package Plan

environment location: C:\Users\solis\miniconda3

added / updated specs:
- conda

The following packages will be downloaded:

package                    |            build
---------------------------|-----------------
boltons-23.0.0             |     pyhd8ed1ab_0         296 KB  conda-forge
brotli-1.0.9               |       hcfcfb64_8          19 KB  conda-forge

…
“”"

I interrupted the update by pressing “n” and started the process again using the indicated command
conda update -n base -c defaults conda
the update was executed correctly.
I am not an expert user, so the only way to reproduce the error would be to do another installation and run
conda update conda
to save the error message and repeat the process I have described.
Now the installation works fine for me and I prefer not to have to start over again
The reason for reporting the bug is that it seems to have an easy workaround using
conda update -n base -c defaults conda
but this command is not the one listed in the more accessible documentation
The list of packages in my base environment (I have not installed anything here) is:

“”"

packages in environment at C:\Users\solis\miniconda3:

Error updating conda

Package Plan

packages in environment at C:\Users\solis\miniconda3:

Name Version Build Channel