Anaconda Installation stuck at - 'Setting up the package cache'

Question

I am trying to install Anaconda V 3.7 on Windows 10 - 64 bit system. Download was successful.In installation step extraction of packages also completed. After that it gets stuck at one point where message shown on window is - 'Setting up the package cache'.

I removed all previous versions of Python/Conda from my system.Removed path from environment variable still getting this error.

Answer 1

I too was desperate on this.But being on a limited data-plan, I couldn't reattempt another download of the previous version of Anaconda as suggested in the above answer. So instead I waited and in 9 minutes exactly, the status changed from Setting up the package cache to Setting up the base environment.

I would suggest wait a little more and hopefully, the installation would finish!

Answer 2

I had the same problem as you. My guess is that the current version for Windows is unstable. My solution was to go to the anaconda archive page:

https://repo.continuum.io/archive/

and download the second newest version, i.e. Anaconda3-2019.10-Windows-x86_64.exe 461.5M 2019-10-15 09:27:17. This one turns out to be stable and the installation was finished in 3 minutes.

Answer 3

You have to wait significantly longer (around 10 minutes) than the previous version since the file is a lot larger and new Anaconda integrates a lot more stuff. It isn't unstable.