Unable to upgrade Conda and install packages using Conda

Question

In my windows10 environment I am unable to upgrade conda using following command

conda update conda

My anaconda and python version

(base) C:\Users\naseer>conda --version
conda 4.5.3

(base) C:\Users\naseer>python --version
Python 3.6.4 :: Anaconda, Inc.

following is my error log

(base) C:\Users\naseer>conda update conda Solving environment: failed

'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Error Report>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

$ C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3\Scripts\conda update conda

environment variables: CCHZPATH=C:\CTEX\CTeX\cct\fonts CCPKPATH=C:\CTEX\CTeX\fonts\pk\modeless\cct\dpi$d CIO_TEST= CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=base CONDA_EXE=C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3\Scripts\conda.exe CONDA_PREFIX=C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3 CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(base) CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3\python.exe CONDA_ROOT=C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3 CONDA_SHLVL=1 GTK_BASEPATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\ HOMEPATH=\Users\naseer INTELOCLPATH=C:\Intel\OpenCL\sdk\bin\x64;C:\Intel\OpenCL\sdk\bin\x86 MIC_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\compiler\lib\intel64_win_mic PATH=C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3;C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3\Library\mingw-w64\ bin;C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3\Library\usr\bin;C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda 3\Library\bin;C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3\Scripts;C:\Users\naseer\Anacon da3\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\IntelSWTools\compilers_and_libraries_20 18.0.124\windows\mpi\intel64\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\redist\intel64_win\mpirt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\redist\ia32_win\mpirt;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\redist\intel64_win\compiler;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Shared Libraries\redist\ia32_win\compil er;C:\Intel\OpenCL\sdk\bin\x64;C:\Intel\OpenCL\sdk\bin\x86;C:\Intel\Op enCL\sdk\bin\Pin;C:\Intel\OpenCL\sdk\bin\GTPin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft MPI\Bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\Sys tem32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\bin;C:\CTE X\UserData\miktex\bin;C:\CTEX\MiKTeX\miktex\bin;C:\CTEX\CTeX\ctex\bin; C:\CTEX\CTeX\cct\bin;C:\CTEX\CTeX\ty\bin;C:\CTEX\Ghostscript\gs9.05\bi n;C:\CTEX\GSview\gsview;C:\CTEX\WinEdt;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2018a\runtime\win64;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2018a\bin;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016b\runtime\win64;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016b\bin;C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016b\polyspace\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\naseer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps; PSMODULEPATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\PowerShell\ResourceManager\AzureResourceManager\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\PowerShell\ServiceManagement\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\PowerShell\Storage\ PYTHONIOENCODING=1252 REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE= SSL_CERT_FILE=

 active environment : base
active env location : C:\Users\naseer\Anaconda3
        shell level : 1
   user config file : C:\Users\naseer\.condarc

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V CondaHTTPError: HTTP 404 NOT FOUND for url https://github.com/manuel-calzolari/sklearn-genetic.git/noarch/repodata.json Elapsed: 00:01.876498 The remote server could not find the noarch directory for the requested channel with url: https://github.com/manuel-calzolari/sklearn-genetic.git

As of conda 4.3, a valid channel must contain a noarch/repodata.json and associated noarch/repodata.json.bz2 file, even if noarch/repodata.json is empty. please request that the channel administrator create noarch/repodata.json and associated noarch/repodata.json.bz2 files. $ mkdir noarch $ echo '{}' > noarch/repodata.json $ bzip2 -k noarch/repodata.json

You will need to adjust your conda configuration to proceed. Use conda config --show channels to view your configuration's current state. Further configuration help can be found at https://conda.io/docs/config.html.

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(base) C:\Users\naseer>

My conda channel list

(base) C:\Users\naseer>type C:\Users\naseer\.condarc
channels:
  - https://github.com/manuel-calzolari/sklearn-genetic.git
  - defaults
report_errors: true
ssl_verify: true

My Effort so far

So reading error message it shows that as per the new conda version I need to create some specific files in a channel So I added those files using following commands (As I am not able to install any package so I could not install bzip2 also)

I first created necessary directories and files as told

(base) C:\Users\naseer>mkdir noarch

(base) C:\Users\naseer>echo '{}' > noarch/repodata.json

(base) C:\Users\naseer>echo  > noarch/repodata.json.bz2

(base) C:\Users\naseer>

then I added this new channel noarch

(base) C:\Users\naseer>conda config --add channels noarch

Output from my condarc file

(base) C:\Users\naseer>type C:\Users\naseer\.condarc
channels:
  - noarch
  - https://github.com/manuel-calzolari/sklearn-genetic.git
  - defaults
report_errors: true
ssl_verify: true

Again I tried to update conda but still got the same long error?

Naseer Naseer · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-17T04:48:54

A simple solution to this problem in windows 10 is to locate the file .condarc and delete all channels except the default channel.

Now everything is working perfectly fine like upgrading conda and installing other libraries like tensorflow.

Unable to upgrade Conda and install packages using Conda

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