Anaconda python ver5.3 hangs at update forever

Question

I just installed anaconda ver5.3 which uses python v3.7

I ran the command;

conda update anaconda

The command hangs there forever. There is no error message. No hint what is wrong. Has anyone encountered similar problems? How did you solve it?

I am using Windows 10 and was previously using anaconda ver5.2 which uses python v3.6.

Answer 1

Try running

conda update anaconda --verbose

to get some insight. Adding --verbose multiple times increases logging to INFO, DEBUG and then TRACE level.

https://conda.io/docs/commands/conda-update.html

Answer 2

I think this could solve your problem to update anaconda, and yes it seems like a fairly common issue:

1) install the latest miniconda3 from here

2) make sure you run anaconda prompt as admin

3) update to latest version of conda

conda update conda

4) install anaconda

conda install anaconda

5) install navigator

conda install anaconda-navigator

6) verify conda is installed and check package number

conda info

View packages you installed in anaconda docs page here