Can't install geopandas in Anaconda environment

Question

I am trying to install the geopandas package with Anaconda Prompt, but after I use conda install geopandas an unexpected thing happened:

Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Solving environment: failed with repodata from current_repodata.json, will retry with next repodata source.
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Solving environment: -
Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages

After this, it proceeds to search for conflicts, but hours pass without finishing. In the end, I still cannot use geopandas.

I have also tried installing geopandas in a different virtual environment and it works but I do not know how to use the environment in Jupyter Notebooks.

I would like to know, how can install geopandas without a separate environment?

Or, alternatively, how can I use geopandas in Jupyter Notebooks after install it in a separate environment?

Answer 1

Install it in a new env, and include ipykernel if you plan to use it in Jupyter:

conda create -n my_env geopandas ipykernel

Note, nb_conda_kernels should be installed install in your base env (i.e. where you launch Jupyter from). This enables Jupyter to automatically recognize other envs that are kernel-ready:

conda install -n base nb_conda_kernels