# Problem installing miniconda on WSL

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/problem-installing-miniconda-on-wsl/60205>\
**Category:** Product Help\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/problem-installing-miniconda-on-wsl/60205 "2023-08-24T18:16:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![fnreis17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0075a9/32.png) [@fnreis17](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/fnreis17)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/problem-installing-miniconda-on-wsl/60205/1 "2023-08-24T18:16:33Z")

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Good afternoon everyone, how are you?  
I am installing Miniconda to make use of Quiime 2. I am installing Miniconda in WSL, 64bit 86. When I finish the installation and try to activate conda, the following error message appears: -bash: eval: line 158: syntax error near unexpected token `(' -bash: eval: line 158: `export CONDA\_PROMPT\_MODIFIER=‘(base) ‘’  
Turns out the program is 139 lines and not 158. That part CONDA\_PROMPT\_MODIFIER=’(base)" doesn’t even exist inside bash. Can anyone help me with this? Or what am I doing wrong?  
Thanks!