The environment is inconsistent, please check the package plan carefully

Question

I tried to update or install new packages from anaconda and lately, this message has appeared:

The environment is inconsistent, please check the package plan         


        

Answer 1

Ultimate solutions:

conda activate base
conda install anaconda
conda update --all

Works on Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 (credits to @MF.OX for ubuntu).

Removed following problems for me:

• The environment is inconsistent
• WARNING conda.base.context:use_only_tar_bz2(632)

Answer 2

You probably installed anaconda with python 2.7 but later you used python 3.x. Thus, you are getting an error message. In my case, I solved the problem by activating anaconda with python 2.7:

conda create --name py2 python=2.7

Answer 3

The inconsistencies are caused due to different versions of the packages, and their clashing dependencies.

conda update --all

This command updates all the packages, and then conda solves the inconsistency on its own.

Answer 4

Had this same problem and none of the other solutions worked for me. Ended up having to uninstall and reinstall conda, then reinstall all of my libraries.