Hello, I am trying to update python and all related packages. Recently i installed Hyperspy in the base environment and was giving errors when i open .hdf5 and .hspy files. I need this package for my research. After the command ‘conda update conda’, there was this prompt: Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages.
This can take several minutes. Press CTRL-C to abort.
I waited for it to find all conflicts (6 days!!) and several (100s) packages found in conflicts, command ‘conda update --all’ was typed in, it gave the same prompt:
Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages.
This can take several minutes. Press CTRL-C to abort.
Not sure if I need to wait another 6 days. Looks like it is not updating but it is still finding the conflicts. Please advise how to update all packages on Conda/Python and resolve all the conflicts in my base environment. Thank you!
Usually, we do not recommend installing new packages in the base environment which will conflict with the default packages which are core to the functionality of Anaconda. Please try installing the package in a new environment and see if your issue resolves.
Thanks for your response. However, i have already installed Hyperspy in the base environment. So any suggestions on how i can remove conflicts and update all packages in the base environment?
Dont have much experience in uninstalling packages in python. Besides, I am not sure of the other packages that were installed along with HyperSpy. Need to worry about dependencies? I believe i need to uninstall Hyperspy from the base environment and then install it again in a new environment to follow your suggestion.
Another question. will it help to uninstall Anaconda/Python completely and then re-install the latest versions?