Fix corrupt environment conda

Question

In conda, when I tried to install a package, I got this error:

 CorruptedEnvironmentError: The target environment has been corrupted. Corrupted environments most commonly
    occur when the conda process is force-terminated while in an unlink-link
    transaction.
      environment location: /home/user/anaconda3/envs/myenv
      corrupted file: /home/user/anaconda3/envs/myenv/conda-meta/qt-5.9.7-h5867ecd_1.json

I think my RAM is kind of messed up due to previous electricity disconnections so that might be the cause of this. How would I fix this?

Answer 1

The following worked for me. TL;DR of @Jordan's answer.

1. Try to install package again via conda
2. Remove the file claimed to be corrupt
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until package successfully installs
4. Run conda update --all for good measure