conda returns 'Solving environment: failed'

Question

I can not use the conda utility anymore. I use it regularly since years but lately, since I installed the python module scp (with the command conda instal

Answer 1

thank you, that works ! in case the link grows old, here is the simplified copy:

1. Navigate to your conda base environment, as given by conda info.
2. Open the file lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/conda/gateways/connection/init.py. Where X.Y is the python major-minor version.

3. Replace the function 'should_bypass_proxies_patched' with :

   def should_bypass_proxies_patched(should_bypass_proxies_func, url, no_proxy=None):
       if url.startswith("file://"):
           return True
       try:
           return should_bypass_proxies_func(url, no_proxy)
       except TypeError:
           return should_bypass_proxies_func(url)
   

Answer 2

I have the same issue, I just fixed it by

1.uninstall the anaconda and download latest version

2.create a new environment and try installing packages in that environment