conda install anaconda=VERSION-NUMBER may remove packages if the new metapackage that is replacing your old one has removed packages. The “custom” version is lower in version ordering than any actual release number. There is a special “custom” version of the Anaconda metapackage that has all the package dependencies, but none of them are constrained. That metapackage represents a pinned state that has undergone testing as a collection.
The below content provides more details about what is happening when you update Anaconda.Ĭonda install anaconda=VERSION-NUMBER grabs the specific release of the Anaconda metapackage for example, conda install anaconda=2022.05.
