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When installing Anaconda3 2018.12 (64-bit) on Windows 10, I'm getting an error indicating that the file path has a space in the name ('Program Files' directory on my C:\ drive), and that some Conda packages may have problems with this if I continue.
Does anyone know specifically which packages may have a problem? I'm using Python primarily for data science (SciPy/NumPy, Pandas, etc.).
See link for a screenshot of the warning.
alofgran
Posted 2019-04-02T01:45:11.000
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what i did is: Run the installer as administrator (Right-click on installer to select run as administrator).in order to get...
C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3
this form to install the program helped me
Ray
Posted 2019-04-02T01:45:11.000
Reputation: 1
Hi @Ray. Thanks for the contribution, but I was looking to find out if anyone knew the specific Conda packages to which the error above was referring. I was, fortunately, able to finish the installation though. – alofgran – 2019-08-06T05:40:15.273
Hi @onhamae you're welcome and how good you could do it – Ray – 2019-08-09T17:31:15.807
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Check that there is no space in the naming of your destination folder. Check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejKaXo2pqwQ
Abimbola Muritala
Posted 2019-04-02T01:45:11.000
Reputation: 1
Welcome to Super User! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.
– MMM – 2020-02-18T10:31:52.400
2It is strange this is the case because if you were to install Anaconda using the Visual Studio installer it installs just fine. I realized after I submitted this comment that the Visual Studio might be putting Anaconda in a directory without space. – Ramhound – 2019-04-02T01:56:29.470
Anyways....Anaconda developers are not even clear on the reasons. here and here. They say it will work but "other supported stuff that Anaconda supports" might have problems.
– Ramhound – 2019-04-02T01:59:27.573@onhamae Just my two cents but I would take the hint. Not with Anaconda particularly (so I couldn't say which packages for that environment exhibit the issue) but I have certainly encountered "cross-platform" Python packages that throw unresolvable errors over "spaces". Even "vanilla" Python installs itself outside "Program Files" by default on Windows, in a directory without spaces. – Anaksunaman – 2019-04-02T03:35:00.680
Thank you both. I did take the advice of the warning (against my desire to maintain organization on my hard drive), but was simply curious if anyone had specifics on the reason. I can't afford the potential problem at the moment. – alofgran – 2019-04-02T04:29:00.453