Terminus: conda command commands crash

[Johnnyboycurtis]

The conda commands such as conda install <package> crash in Terminus cmd.exe terminal but not in a regular Windows 10 cmd.exe terminal. Thus, I do not think this is a conda issue, but one with Terminus interacting with the conda.bat script. Any ideas of what may be causing this problem?

See the following results from Terminus when I execute the command conda install sqlparse

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.356]
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C:\Users\jnavarrete>conda activate test

(test) C:\Users\jnavarrete>conda install sqlparse
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done

## Package Plan ##

  environment location: C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test

  added / updated specs:
    - sqlparse


The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

  sqlparse           pkgs/main/noarch::sqlparse-0.3.0-py_0


Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: failed

# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR REPORT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\exceptions.py", line 1074, in __call__
        return func(*args, **kwargs)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 84, in _main
        exit_code = do_call(args, p)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\conda_argparse.py", line 82, in do_call
        exit_code = getattr(module, func_name)(args, parser)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\main_install.py", line 20, in execute
        install(args, parser, 'install')
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 317, in install
        handle_txn(unlink_link_transaction, prefix, args, newenv)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 346, in handle_txn
        unlink_link_transaction.execute()
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\link.py", line 244, in execute
        self.verify()
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
        return f(*args, **kwds)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\link.py", line 231, in verify
        exceptions = self._verify(self.prefix_setups, self.prefix_action_groups)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\link.py", line 591, in _verify
        itervalues(prefix_action_groups)):
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 525, in map
        yield func(thing)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\link.py", line 411, in _verify_individual_level
        error_result = axn.verify()
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\path_actions.py", line 959, in verify
        touch(user_environments_txt_file, mkdir=True, sudo_safe=True)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\gateways\disk\update.py", line 107, in touch
        mkdir_p_sudo_safe(dirpath)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\gateways\disk\__init__.py", line 82, in mkdir_p_sudo_safe
        mkdir_p_sudo_safe(base_dir)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\gateways\disk\__init__.py", line 82, in mkdir_p_sudo_safe
        mkdir_p_sudo_safe(base_dir)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\gateways\disk\__init__.py", line 82, in mkdir_p_sudo_safe
        mkdir_p_sudo_safe(base_dir)
      [Previous line repeated 975 more times]
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\gateways\disk\__init__.py", line 80, in mkdir_p_sudo_safe
        base_dir = dirname(path)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\ntpath.py", line 221, in dirname
        return split(p)[0]
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\ntpath.py", line 184, in split
        seps = _get_bothseps(p)
      File "C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\lib\ntpath.py", line 35, in _get_bothseps
        if isinstance(path, bytes):
    RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object

`$ C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Scripts\conda-script.py install sqlparse`

  environment variables:
                 CIO_TEST=<not set>
                CONDA_BAT=C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\condabin\conda.
                          bat
        CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV=test
                CONDA_EXE=C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\condabin\..\Scr
                          ipts\conda.exe
               CONDA_EXES="C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\condabin\..\Sc
                          ripts\conda.exe"
             CONDA_PREFIX=C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test
    CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER=(test)
         CONDA_PYTHON_EXE=C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\python.exe
               CONDA_ROOT=C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3
              CONDA_SHLVL=1
                 HOMEPATH=\
                     PATH=C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3;C:\Users\jnavar
                          rete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Library\mingw-w64\bin;C:\Users
                          \jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Library\usr\bin;C:\User
                          s\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Library\bin;C:\Users\j
                          navarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Scripts;C:\Users\jnavarre
                          te\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\
                          Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local
                          \Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test\Library\mingw-w64\bin;C:\Users\jnavarr
                          ete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test\Library\usr\bin;C:\Us
                          ers\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test\Library\bi
                          n;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test\Scr
                          ipts;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test\
                          bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\condabin;C:
                          \Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine
                          Components\iCLS;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Comp
                          onents\iCLS;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:
                          \Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C
                          :\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Fi
                          les\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3
                          ;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Library\mingw-
                          w64\bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Library
                          \usr\bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Librar
                          y\bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Scripts;C
                          :\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\jnavar
                          rete\AppData\Local\hyper\app-3.0.2\resources\bin;C:\Users\jnavarrete\A
                          ppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Program
                          Files\JetBrains\DataGrip 2019.2.2\bin;.;
             PSMODULEPATH=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\Windows
                          PowerShell\v1.0\Modules
       REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=<not set>
            SSL_CERT_FILE=<not set>
    VBOX_MSI_INSTALL_PATH=C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\

     active environment : test
    active env location : C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test
            shell level : 1
       user config file : X:\.condarc
 populated config files :
          conda version : 4.7.12
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.7.4.final.0
       virtual packages :
       base environment : C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3  (writable)
           channel URLs : https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64
                          https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch
          package cache : C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\pkgs
                          X:\.conda\pkgs
                          C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
       envs directories : C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs
                          X:\.conda\envs
                          C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
               platform : win-64
             user-agent : conda/4.7.12 requests/2.22.0 CPython/3.7.4 Windows/10 Windows/10.0.18362
          administrator : False
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False


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Under a regular cmd.exe terminal, things works out fine. See the following results

(test) C:\Users\jnavarrete\Documents>conda install sqlparse
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: done

## Package Plan ##

  environment location: C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\test

  added / updated specs:
    - sqlparse


The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

  sqlparse           pkgs/main/noarch::sqlparse-0.3.0-py_0


Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: done
Executing transaction: done

[Johnnyboycurtis]

I think I found a fix to this. The issue results from my cmd.exe default setting to open at a network drive location (X:\).

Setting a path under Settings --> Shell --> Working directory (C:\Users\jnavarrete) does not seem to provide a fix for Anaconda even though it does allow a new terminal to open under the new specified path.

My solution was actually pretty simple. I created a custom Profile (Settings --> Shell --> Saved Profiles) using the Anaconda Prompt settings. I looked at the properties of the Anaconda Prompt (which comes shipped with conda) and copied the Target argument.

I pasted the following to the custom profile in Terminus /k C:\Users\jnavarrete\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\Scripts\activate.bat

The only remaining issue is that the title of each tab seems to change to the command arguments added to the custom profile.

I think this solution should be documented somewhere for other Python developers to reference.

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