installing anaconda3 fails (failed to create menus)

[Hikki]

I have no idea where to ask this but I desperately need to upgrade to python 3 and the rabbit hole just goes on, this time not allowing me to install anaconda3 (anaconda2 5.2.0 installed just fine before).

None of the suggestions on this page helped https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5784...eate-menus

So what am I doing wrong? One suggestion I haven't tried is to install an older version because the whole idea is to be up to date.

[snippsat]

this time not allowing me to install anaconda3 (anaconda2 5.2.0 installed just fine before).

This is not Anaconda3 --> anaconda2 5.2.0
That's an old Python 2 version of Anaconda from 2018.

I would advice Miniconda ,then follow this post and make your environment with eg Python 3.10.2.

[Hikki]

I didn't ask about Anaconda2, I asked about Anaconda3. It won't install. Anaconda2 worked just fine but it is outdated.

Am I asking on the wrong forum?

[snippsat]

What happen when you try install 64-Bit Graphical Installer (510 MB)?
My advice was Miniconda3 that's just the same as Anaconda3(without packages).
The you install what packages needed.

[Hikki]

That is what failed to install. The reason I need Anaconda is to use Spyder which is what a web scraping instructor uses in his video, I'm trying not to fall in too many rabbit holes. If being without the packages means I must manually install every function, I'd rather just figure out why Anaconda isn't installing.

Anaconda3 2019.03 installed successfully but the kernel in the IPython console in Spyder is now not working.

[snippsat]

naconda3 2019.03 installed successfully but the kernel in the IPython console in Spyder is now not working.

Try make new environment.
Installation Guide

conda create -n spyder-env spyder=4 numpy scipy pandas matplotlib sympy cython

Remember to always activate a environment (base) or if run commands over (spyder-env).
Could get away not activate a environment in Anaconda2,but not in Anaconda3.
So eg if i use Miniconda or Anaconda,must have environment activate (tom_env) first.

G:\div_code
λ G:\miniconda3\Scripts\activate.bat tom_env

(tom_env) G:\div_code

(base) is the original environment.

(tom_env) G:\div_code
λ activate base

conda.bat activate base

(base) G:\div_code

[Hikki]

Where do I type those commands? Your link says I can install Spyder stand-alone, should I try that first?
Thanks.

[snippsat]

Anaconda Prompt or terminal
So you do it from command line Anaconda Prompt automatically activate (base) environment.
I use cmder so i do activating myself,if use cmd most also activating yourself.
When (base) is activate try typing spyder and see it work.

[Hikki]

Hey, installing Spyder as a standalone worked superb, thanks guys.

Btw, is Miniconda the same thing as Anaconda prompt?

[snippsat]

Btw, is Miniconda the same thing as Anaconda prompt?

Now they are not at all the same
Anaconda prompt is Terminal command line(cmd) with (base) environment active.
Miniconda is the same as Anaconda without all the pre-installed(600+) packages that Anacondas has.

Hey, installing Spyder as a standalone worked superb, thanks guys

I should be in the connect to Anaconda (base) environment and not only work standalone version,then you get trouble not finding packages.
You most learn command line as use of Conda and pip.
Like basic install with conda and making new environment and switch between them.
Quick demo.

G:\miniconda3
λ cd Scripts\

# Activate (base) environment 
G:\miniconda3\Scripts
λ activate

# conda version 
(base) G:\miniconda3\Scripts
λ conda --version
conda 4.11.0

# pip version see that point to this and OS as it could if not (base) active
(base) G:\miniconda3\Scripts
λ pip --version
pip 21.3.1 from G:\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.9)

# Switch to a another environment 
(base) G:\miniconda3\Scripts
λ activate tom_env

# List pacakes install in (tom_env)
(tom_env) G:\miniconda3\Scripts
λ conda list
# packages in environment at G:\miniconda3\envs\tom_env:
#
# Name                    Version                   Build  Channel
argon2-cffi               21.3.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
argon2-cffi-bindings      21.2.0          py310he2412df_1    conda-forge
attrs                     21.4.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
backcall                  0.2.0              pyh9f0ad1d_0    conda-forge
backports                 1.0                        py_2    conda-forge
backports.functools_lru_cache 1.6.4              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
bleach                    4.1.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
bzip2                     1.0.8                h8ffe710_4    conda-forge
ca-certificates           2021.10.8            h5b45459_0    conda-forge
cffi                      1.15.0          py310hcbf9ad4_0    conda-forge
colorama                  0.4.4              pyh9f0ad1d_0    conda-forge
debugpy                   1.5.1           py310h8a704f9_0    conda-forge
decorator                 5.1.1              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
defusedxml                0.7.1              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
entrypoints               0.3             pyhd8ed1ab_1003    conda-forge
et-xmlfile                1.1.0                    pypi_0    pypi
flit-core                 3.6.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
importlib-metadata        4.10.0          py310h5588dad_0    conda-forge
importlib_resources       5.4.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
intel-openmp              2022.0.0          h57928b3_3663    conda-forge
ipykernel                 6.7.0           py310hbbfc1a7_0    conda-forge
ipython                   7.31.0          py310h5588dad_0    conda-forge
ipython_genutils          0.2.0                      py_1    conda-forge
jedi                      0.18.1          py310h5588dad_0    conda-forge
jinja2                    3.0.3              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
json5                     0.9.5              pyh9f0ad1d_0    conda-forge
jsonschema                4.4.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
jupyter_client            7.1.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
jupyter_core              4.9.1           py310h5588dad_1    conda-forge
jupyterlab                2.1.0                      py_0    conda-forge
jupyterlab_pygments       0.1.2              pyh9f0ad1d_0    conda-forge
jupyterlab_server         1.0.9                      py_0    conda-forge
libblas                   3.9.0              12_win64_mkl    conda-forge
libcblas                  3.9.0              12_win64_mkl    conda-forge
libffi                    3.4.2                h8ffe710_5    conda-forge
liblapack                 3.9.0              12_win64_mkl    conda-forge
libsodium                 1.0.18               h8d14728_1    conda-forge
libzlib                   1.2.11            h8ffe710_1013    conda-forge
markupsafe                2.0.1           py310he2412df_1    conda-forge
matplotlib-inline         0.1.3              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
mistune                   0.8.4           py310he2412df_1005    conda-forge
mkl                       2021.4.0           h0e2418a_729    conda-forge
nbclient                  0.5.10             pyhd8ed1ab_1    conda-forge
nbconvert                 6.4.0           py310h5588dad_0    conda-forge
nbformat                  5.1.3              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
nest-asyncio              1.5.4              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
notebook                  6.4.7              pyha770c72_0    conda-forge
numpy                     1.22.0          py310hcae7c84_0    conda-forge
openpyxl                  3.0.9                    pypi_0    pypi
openssl                   3.0.0                h8ffe710_2    conda-forge
packaging                 21.3               pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pandas                    1.3.5           py310hf5e1058_0    conda-forge
pandoc                    2.17                 h8ffe710_0    conda-forge
pandocfilters             1.5.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
parso                     0.8.3              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pickleshare               0.7.5                   py_1003    conda-forge
pip                       21.3.1             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
prometheus_client         0.12.0             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
prompt-toolkit            3.0.24             pyha770c72_0    conda-forge
pycparser                 2.21               pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pygments                  2.11.2             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pyparsing                 3.0.6              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pyrsistent                0.18.0          py310he2412df_0    conda-forge
python                    3.10.1          hcf16a7b_2_cpython    conda-forge
python-dateutil           2.8.2              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
python_abi                3.10                    2_cp310    conda-forge
pytz                      2021.3             pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
pywin32                   303             py310he2412df_0    conda-forge
pywinpty                  1.1.6           py310h00ffb61_0    conda-forge
pyzmq                     22.3.0          py310h73ada01_1    conda-forge
send2trash                1.8.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
setuptools                60.5.0          py310h5588dad_0    conda-forge
six                       1.16.0             pyh6c4a22f_0    conda-forge
sqlite                    3.37.0               h8ffe710_0    conda-forge
tbb                       2021.5.0             h2d74725_0    conda-forge
terminado                 0.12.1          py310h5588dad_1    conda-forge
testpath                  0.5.0              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
tk                        8.6.11               h8ffe710_1    conda-forge
tornado                   6.1             py310he2412df_2    conda-forge
traitlets                 5.1.1              pyhd8ed1ab_0    conda-forge
tzdata                    2021e                he74cb21_0    conda-forge
ucrt                      10.0.20348.0         h57928b3_0    conda-forge
vc                        14.2                 hb210afc_6    conda-forge
vs2015_runtime            14.29.30037          h902a5da_6    conda-forge
wcwidth                   0.2.5              pyh9f0ad1d_2    conda-forge
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(tom_env) G:\miniconda3\Scripts