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At startup Anaconda.Navigator asks "Do you wish to update to Anaconda Version [some version number]", it also says "strongly recommended".

On the other hand, this thread indicates, updating of things related to Anaconda can be a very intricate and complex task, and I might need to be careful not to break anything: How do I update Anaconda?

So the question is, if I'm lazy and click Yes in the update dialog of Anaconda.Navigator, what am I actually updating? Do I risk breaking any of the packages or applications managed within the Anaconda.Navigator?

Oortone
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So this is cleary an opinionated question.

If you have a clean Anaconda installation there is little risk related with updating the packages since this is the very purpose of the Anaconda distribution.

However,

  • if you didn't read the docs and during installation still deviated from the default settings ("hey, in the end it's just Python"),
  • if you don't know the difference between conda update --all and conda update anaconda,
  • if you prefer the Navigator over the conda cli:

Yes, you are facing a higher risk to end up with an installation that you actually didn't want.

Peter
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  • I might have rephrased it to the sentence in the end of my post: "what am I actually updating?" Which "docs" are you referring to? In my end the problem is that I don't have to full picture of the hierarchy between python/conda/anaconda and all the packages and libraries and my OS. So it's not clear exactly where to look for the right information when updating things to know if I might break things. – Oortone Oct 08 '21 at 07:41