How do I prevent Conda from activating the base environment by default?
bash, conda
Solution
I have conda 4.6 with a similar block of code that was added by conda. In my case, there's a conda configuration setting to disable the automatic base activation:
conda config --set auto_activate_base false
The first time you run it, it'll create a `.condarc` in your home directory with that setting to override the default.
This wouldn't de-clutter your `.bash_profile` but it's a cleaner solution without manual editing that section that conda manages.
Problem
I recently installed anaconda2 on my Mac. By default Conda is configured to activate the base environment when I open a fresh terminal session. I want access to the Conda commands (i.e. I want the path to Conda added to my `$PATH` which Conda does when initialised so that's fine). However I don't ordinarily program in python, and I don't want Conda to activate the base environment by default. When first executing `conda init` from the prompt, Conda adds the following to my `.bash_profile`: ``` # >>> conda initialize >>> # !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !! __conda_setup="$('/Users/geoff/anaconda2/bin/conda' 'shell.bash' 'hook' 2> /dev/null)" if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then eval "$__conda_setup" else if [ -f "/Users/geoff/anaconda2/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then . "/Users/geoff/anaconda2/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" else export PATH="/Users/geoff/anaconda2/bin:$PATH" fi # fi unset __conda_setup # <<< conda initialize <<< ``` If I comment out the whole block, then I can't activate any Conda environments. I tried to comment out the whole block except for ``` export PATH="/Users/geoff/anaconda2/bin:$PATH" ``` But then when I started a new session and tried to activate an environment, I got this error message: ``` CommandNotFoundError: Your shell has not been properly configured to use 'conda activate'. ``` This question (and others like it) are helpful, but doesn't ultimately answer my question and is more suited for linux users. To be clear, I'm not asking to remove the `(base)` from my `$PS1` I'm asking for Conda not to activate base when I open a terminal session.