# Updating Anaconda to the latest version **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical Topics\ **Created:** [May 18, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639 "2023-05-18T15:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/1 "2023-05-18T15:49:20Z")
I am trying to update Anaconda Navigator to version 2.4.0. If I try through the GUI, it just hangs on the following window: ![Screenshot 2023-05-18 at 16.45.40](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/anaconda/original/2X/8/8ee176c1cfef08b1b4462c6d49a1e452f89e3381.png) If I try through the terminal it just hangs on solving environment. I have tried restarting etc but I can’t get it working. I am using Mac OS 13.3.1 ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/2 "2023-05-23T08:22:58Z")
Good morning, Please try this command in the terminal instead: `conda update -n base conda` If you are still experiencing issues please send us the output of this command: `conda info` We are eager to help you. ---
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/3 "2023-05-23T12:58:01Z")
Hi Carlos, That first command is doing the same thing, hanging on solving environment. The output of the second command is below: ```auto active environment : None shell level : 0 user config file : /Users/franpugh/.condarc populated config files : /Users/franpugh/.condarc conda version : 22.11.1 conda-build version : 3.21.5 python version : 3.9.7.final.0 virtual packages : __archspec=1=x86_64 __osx=10.16=0 __unix=0=0 base environment : /Users/franpugh/opt/anaconda3 (writable) conda av data dir : /Users/franpugh/opt/anaconda3/etc/conda conda av metadata url : None channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64 https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64 https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-64 https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch package cache : /Users/franpugh/opt/anaconda3/pkgs /Users/franpugh/.conda/pkgs envs directories : /Users/franpugh/opt/anaconda3/envs /Users/franpugh/.conda/envs platform : osx-64 user-agent : conda/22.11.1 requests/2.27.1 CPython/3.9.7 Darwin/22.4.0 OSX/10.16 UID:GID : 501:20 netrc file : None offline mode : False ``` ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/4 "2023-05-23T13:25:34Z")
Hi again, please launch these commands and tells us what happens: ```auto conda config --remove channels conda-forge conda update conda conda config --add channels conda-forge ``` ```auto conda update conda ``` ---
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/5 "2023-05-23T13:38:31Z")
Hey, the first command works ok but the second one is stuck on solving environment again. ---
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/6 "2023-05-23T13:44:12Z")
OK so it is now saying Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages. This can take several minutes. Press CTRL-C to abort. Examining conflict for anaconda-navigator anaconda: ---
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/7 "2023-05-23T13:52:48Z")
It appears to be stuck on 0% done ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/8 "2023-05-23T14:06:58Z")
Hi again, Thank you for the information that you provided, what you are experiencing It’s an error of packages with conflicts because you installed packages with conda forge which is our unofficial repository and mix it with the base environment. To not have problems we always recommend to use new environments each time that you installed too much packages specially if they are unofficial. I suggest you to reinstall Anaconda with a full reinstallation to solve your problem and work with environments which are isolated one from the other. For that purpose I will leave you the instructions to reinstall and the guide that explains how to work with environments. [https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html](https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html) ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/9 "2023-05-23T14:08:07Z")
I’m going to leave you the installer here for your platform so that you can install it: [https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2022.10-MacOSX-arm64.pkg](https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2022.10-MacOSX-arm64.pkg) There is the x86 installer as well: [https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2023.03-MacOSX-x86\_64.pkg](https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2023.03-MacOSX-x86_64.pkg) It’s also advisable to completely uninstall Anaconda before proceeding with the installation to make sure to get rid of any errors, you can do that if you follow these instructions: ### macOS or Linux 1. Open your terminal application. 2. Remove your entire Anaconda directory with rm -rf. Depending on your installation, your anaconda2 or anaconda3 directory will be in your root folder or in your opt folder. # The following are a few examples of how you may need to delete your Anaconda folder rm -rf anaconda3 rm -rf ~/anaconda3 rm -rf ~/opt/anaconda3 1. Close and reopen your terminal to refresh it. You should no longer see (base) in your terminal prompt. If you want here is a detailed explanation: > **[Uninstalling Anaconda Distribution - Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/anaconda/uninstall)** Please let us know if that fixed your problem, we are eager to help you. ---
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/10 "2023-05-23T14:28:58Z")
Hi I have removed the anaconda3 directory but I am now getting the following error: ![Screenshot 2023-05-23 at 15.27.45.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/anaconda/original/2X/d/d72e2919d360f19d6bea45ad753fae361531d1b2.png) ---
**Author:** ![franvpugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/80bc00/32.png) [@franvpugh](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/franvpugh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/11 "2023-05-23T15:09:12Z")
OK it is working now. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Valin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f5a800/32.png) [@Carlos\_Valin](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Carlos_Valin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/updating-anaconda-to-the-latest-version/55639/12 "2023-05-23T15:25:09Z")