RemoveError on updating packages in Anaconda prompt

Question

I want to update my packages for which I ran the command

conda update --all

but it is giving the error

"RemoveError: This operation will remove conda without replacing it with another version of conda."

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

you're right, this is the correct command.

conda update --all

but what happens is that some packages are dependent on other packages. Say, the X package requires Y <=3.0, so Y will never upgrade to the newer version if available.

This question has been answered here in detail.

I recommend updating individual packages as per requirement.

Hope it helps. Peace out.