Binstar is creating problems with any conda commands

Question

I'm using Anaconda 2.3.0 in Linux to manage packages in Python 2 and 3. Recently, I've run into a problem when I try to execute:

conda update conda

I get an error as follows:

Error:  Could not find Binstar user ~

My conda info is as follows:

Current conda install:

         platform : linux-32
    conda version : 3.14.1
conda-build version : 1.14.1
   python version : 3.4.3.final.0
 requests version : 2.7.0
 root environment : /home/mbadros/anaconda3  (writable)
default environment : /home/mbadros/anaconda3
 envs directories : /home/mbadros/anaconda3/envs
    package cache : /home/mbadros/anaconda3/pkgs
     channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/linux-32/
                    https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch/
                    https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/linux-32/
                    https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch/
                    https://conda.anaconda.org/~/envs/linux-32/
                    https://conda.anaconda.org/~/envs/noarch/
      config file : /home/mbadros/.condarc
is foreign system : False

I have edited the .condarc file so that it contains only the - defaults channel. Somehow, this Binstar user '~' crept into my Anaconda and I can't eliminate it. Any suggestions?

Many thanks.

Answer 1

The error is because the URL https://conda.anaconda.org/~/envs/linux-32/ throws a 404 error.

Answer 2

The answer is to remove (i.e., comment out) the environment locations in the .condarc file. There was a line that read - ~/envs which should be commented out.