Why do I get EnvironmentNotWritableError while installing eli5

Question

I'm new to Python (1 month into Python). Trying to install eli5 to Python. I used

conda install -c conda-forge eli5

Got error message

EnvironmentNotWritableError: The current user does not have write permissions to the target environment. environment location: C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3

Appreciate assistance, thanks.

Per https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/eli5, I have tried

conda install -c conda-forge eli5
conda install -c conda-forge/label/gcc7 eli5
conda install -c conda-forge/label/cf201901 eli5

All returned same message.

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '19 at 13:57

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Windows : Open a Anaconda Power shell promt (using Windows search) as administrator and type in conda install -c conda-forge eli5, if the command freezes after a while, press Ctrl + C and it will continue with collecting package metadata.

answered Aug 01 '19 at 13:57

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '20 at 13:27

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You need to create a new environment and activate it, and then try installing the package from that environment using the below code

conda create --name myenv
conda activate myenv

answered Sep 22 '20 at 13:27

Debjyoti Banerjee

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My original problem was that I needed administrator privileges to install packages in a privileged directory, when using the base environment. But, creating my own environment ensured that the packages were being installed in a non-privileged directory where I have write permission. This answer solved my problem. – Ishrak Aug 27 '21 at 02:31
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@Ishrak Same problem here, mine solved too. – zeit Jan 27 '22 at 09:18

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 30 '19 at 18:41

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I had this very error when updating conda:

conda update conda

To run the Anaconda Power shell prompt as administrator you need to right click the menu item first.

It allowed the update to write to the location: C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3

answered Dec 30 '19 at 18:41

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 06 '20 at 05:46

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For me the trick was: Right click on Anaconda Navigator -> run as Administrator. Now any prompt/terminal started from the navigator (e.g. by clicking on the play button and start a terminal) runs with administrator privileges.

answered Nov 06 '20 at 05:46

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 18 '21 at 05:22

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Use sudo command:

sudo conda install <package>

edited Apr 18 '21 at 05:22

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answered Apr 17 '21 at 22:57

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Why do I get EnvironmentNotWritableError while installing eli5

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