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| author | Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2016-04-12 10:56:56 -0400 |
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| committer | Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com> | 2016-04-12 10:56:56 -0400 |
| commit | 30872974e04f6da6726476de7e22dbe8e74c86a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 4977d76fab094ec07f0dc9e90ca8c3b0be220a32 /source/faq.rst | |
| parent | 76dffdc9d7eec0956415edb1024a14865166be09 (diff) | |
| download | astroconda-30872974e04f6da6726476de7e22dbe8e74c86a1.tar.gz | |
Add blurb about enviroment safety
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diff --git a/source/faq.rst b/source/faq.rst index aab37b7..68d5892 100644 --- a/source/faq.rst +++ b/source/faq.rst @@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ Anaconda does not support CSH (C-Shell). Please switch to a POSIX-compatible she STScI will not maintain a separate codebase of Anaconda's backend ``conda`` in order to implement CSH support. Feel free to create an issue with the `developers <http://github.com/conda/conda/issues>`_. +I installed AstroConda into my Anaconda 'root' environment. What now? +===================================================================== + +Please reinstall Anaconda from scratch. AstroConda uses ``source activate`` and ``source deactivate`` calls to control your shell +environment. The Anaconda 'root' environment **does not** use this feature, and thus, the packages you have installed there will not work properly. +To clarify, it is impossible to execute ``source activate root``. Installing AstroConda packages directly into the 'root' may cause +Anaconda itself to be come unstable. In addition to this, removing packages from this environment is tedious and will likely break +your Anaconda installation if you are not careful. *Reinstalling from scratch is the safest option.* + How does AstroConda differ from Ureka? ====================================== |