无法在我的 conda 环境中更改 python 的版本

Question

I am trying to change the version of python running my conda environment.

I activate the environment by executing:

conda activate medcat

and I attempt to change the python version by executing:

conda install python=3.6.1

This leads to conda attempting to install the python=3.6.1 as if it were a package and I get the following error:

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

  - python=3.6.1

Am I missing something? This doesn't seem like the standard behaviour for anaconda. Furthermore if I try to create a completely new environment by executing:

conda create --name medcat2 python=3.6.1

I get the exact same error.

Answer 1

Typing conda search python should give you a list of available python versions. For me Version 3.6.1 isn't in there. However version 3.6.2 is and I also could install it with conda install python=3.6.2