R Package Conflicts in Anaconda3

Question

I have installed Anaconda 3 for Mac M1 and I am trying to create a new environment for R. However, everytime I try to do this, I am faced with the below error:

Conda Prompt Error Message

I am faced with this error irrespective of whether I try to do this in anaconda navigator or conda prompt. I have already tried removing Anaconda completely and reinstalling it again but to no avail. Is there anything I can do here?

Update: As requested, here is an additional screenshot: Mamba install r-eesentials

Mamba install r-essentials output

Answer 1

[Disclosure: I am a volunteer on the Conda Forge R team.]

Conda users who want to use R should prioritize Conda Forge . The Anaconda company has not actively maintained R packages since v3.6.

If installing Conda for the first time, I recommend Miniforge variants (specifically, Mambaforge), rather than the Anaconda distributions (which prioritize defaults / anaconda channel).

Also note that osx-arm64 support for R through Conda is currently sparse. We are actively working on migrating, but for simplicity of workflow, I still recommend Conda users to install a osx-64 version of Conda and use that platform when installing R. You can always create native osx-arm64 environments when you actually need them (eg, native TensorFlow with Metal support ).