Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Two similar & related problems:
If one directly clicks on eg macos installation, one skips the important Note about conda installation
Neither the note nor the macos installation instructions holds one hand to understand that output like the following means conda isn't installed:
conda env create -f env.yml
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/bin/conda", line 13, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 149, in main
from ..exceptions import conda_exception_handler
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/exceptions.py", line 19, in
from ._vendor.auxlib.entity import EntityEncoder
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/entity.py", line 253, in
from .collection import AttrDict, frozendict, make_immutable
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/collection.py", line 10, in
from .compat import isiterable, iteritems, odict, text_type
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/compat.py", line 10, in
from ._vendor.five import WhateverIO as StringIO, with_metaclass
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/_vendor/five.py", line 80, in
absolute_to_nanoseconds = CoreServices.AbsoluteToNanoseconds
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/ctypes/init.py", line 379, in getattr
func = self.getitem(name)
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/ctypes/init.py", line 384, in getitem
func = self._FuncPtr((name_or_ordinal, self))
AttributeError: dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, AbsoluteToNanoseconds): symbol not found
conda --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/bin/conda", line 13, in
sys.exit(main())
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 149, in main
from ..exceptions import conda_exception_handler
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/exceptions.py", line 19, in
from ._vendor.auxlib.entity import EntityEncoder
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/entity.py", line 253, in
from .collection import AttrDict, frozendict, make_immutable
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/collection.py", line 10, in
from .compat import isiterable, iteritems, odict, text_type
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/compat.py", line 10, in
from ._vendor.five import WhateverIO as StringIO, with_metaclass
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/_vendor/auxlib/_vendor/five.py", line 80, in
absolute_to_nanoseconds = CoreServices.AbsoluteToNanoseconds
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/ctypes/init.py", line 379, in getattr
func = self.getitem(name)
File "/Users/acristia/opt/miniconda2/lib/python2.7/ctypes/init.py", line 384, in getitem
func = self._FuncPtr((name_or_ordinal, self))
AttributeError: dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, AbsoluteToNanoseconds): symbol not found
Describe the solution you'd like
Perhaps just adding something like the following "if you get any error, it probably means conda isn't installed" with a link to the conda install instructions
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Two similar & related problems:
conda env create -f env.ymlconda --versionDescribe the solution you'd like Perhaps just adding something like the following "if you get any error, it probably means conda isn't installed" with a link to the conda install instructions