Ubuntu terminal starts with the Anaconda base environment (how to correct that?)

Question

I have downloaded and installed the Anaconda distribution for Ubuntu (18.04) from [https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section] conform instructions some weeks ago. Everything worked fine.

Today I updated the packages in the Gnome terminal with:

source activate base
conda update --all --yes
conda deactivate
exit

Before I did this update, my terminal started with:

rene@mylaptop:~$

After the update a terminal session starts as follows (with the Anaconda base environment activated):

(base) rene@mylaptop:~$

How can I prevent this from happening / revert to the previous terminal settings? Any suggestions?

Possible duplicate of [How do I prevent Conda from activating the base environment by default?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54429210/how-do-i-prevent-conda-from-activating-the-base-environment-by-default) — DryLabRebel, Oct 28 '19 at 00:10

score 34 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '19 at 01:45

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conda config --set auto_activate_base false

This comes from a similar issue over here.

answered Apr 23 '19 at 01:45

Ryan Loggerythm

Hi, where is the file in Anaconda dir where we can change the configuration? Thanks – Salvador Vigo Jan 08 '23 at 18:02
Hi Salvador, you type that into a terminal window, not in a file. I hope this helps :) – Ryan Loggerythm Jan 10 '23 at 22:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '19 at 18:38

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deactivate

into your console to disable virtualenvs. And double check that your .bashrc doesn't source any virtualenv that you have created.

Edit: Conda requires you to use

source deactivate

answered Feb 18 '19 at 18:38

Kyle

Thnx. I know that I can use `source deactivate` or `conda deactivate` to quit the (active) virtual environment. In .bashrc I don't see anything related to sourcing virtual environments but when I start a new terminal session, it keeps starting with the Anaconda base environment activated.. – René Feb 20 '19 at 16:00

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