How does one fix the issue of not writable paths with conda?

Question

Why do I see the following error when using conda (usually when installing packages or making new envs) and how do I fix it:

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Answer 1

As I said in the conda #7267 github issue, I had the same problem on Ubuntu because I installed Anaconda as a superuser: sudo bash Anaconda3-2019.10-Linux-x86_64.sh

[solution Ubuntu] remove Anaconda and install it without the superuser privileges:

sudo rm -rf ~/anaconda3
bash Anaconda3-2019.10-Linux-x86_64.sh

This fixed the problem.