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ARAVIND SWAMI
ARAVIND SWAMI

Reputation: 557

How to start anaconda-navigator with root Privileges ? (Linux)

After starting "anaconda-navigator" with a terminal, it ends up with dialogue box prompting that " it can't be run with root privileges.anaconda-navigator startup error as root.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 11363

Answers (4)

Aramis NSR
Aramis NSR

Reputation: 1847

I have exactly the same issue that you have and after trying the shocking solutions provided i ended up with more errors as you can find in some of my comments there.

How to Fix this:

The dialogue box as you and I see it, is a common dialogue in the Linux world, it has only one reason and that is your GUI is logged with a "normal user" but somehow you managed to install the anaconda with superuser(root). so if possible, head to your login section and login with root user + with GUI activated(only saying this because there's a big Linux world out there)

if this didn't help, re-install it but be careful when uninstalling it as python can mess a lot of things up(its an OS bomb actually).

How to prevent this:

1- do not allow Anaconda installation to use any superuser areas like /root

2- try to install it with normal user and with sudo command

Good luck (the thing we all need with python installers)

Upvotes: 1

Smart Metrics
Smart Metrics

Reputation: 1

In /home/user/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/anaconda_navigator/app/start.py:

if (MAC or LINUX) and os.environ.get('SUDO_UID', None) is not None:

Upvotes: 0

Mauricio Tamayo
Mauricio Tamayo

Reputation: 21

The installation process should be done with the regular user but no root. In my case, the problem appears when I installed with superuser session. I follow these instructions, installing just with my username (without sudo privileges) and the problem was solved.

Upvotes: 0

MEda Had
MEda Had

Reputation: 17

For anaconda-3 run: 

source ~/anaconda3/bin/activate root  
anaconda-navigator

Hopefully this will solve everything.

Upvotes: 1

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