Issues while installing Anaconda3

Question

After following the installation instructions, I am stuck here.

The step during Anaconda installation where I am getting error:

Please answer 'yes' or 'no':'
>>> yes
    
Anaconda3 will now be installed into this location:
/home/sonal/anaconda3
    
  - Press ENTER to confirm the location
  - Press CTRL-C to abort the installation
  - Or specify a different location below
    
[/home/sonal/anaconda3] >>>

ERROR: File or directory already exists: ‘/home/sonal/anaconda3‘

If you want to update an existing installation, use the -u option.

Can anybody help me solving this?

Answer 1

Looks like there is an existing installation directory of anaconda3. You need to remove the old installation directory and reinstall or you can update as well.

To update: You can just run the command with '-u' option as mentioned in the screenshot itself.

To Reinstall: Run the following commands:

1. Remove anaconda3 directory rm -rf ~/anaconda3
2. Remove anaconda path in the PATH variable. Edit ~/.bashrc file.
3. Remove other hidden files. rm -rf ~/.condarc ~/.conda ~/.continuum
4. Re-run the installation script.