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I needed to update the matplotlib when I encountered the following error:



conda update matplotlib
Collecting package metadata: done
Solving environment: done

## Package Plan ##

environment location: /home/gpu-server/anaconda3

added / updated specs:
- matplotlib


The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

libopenblas pkgs/main/linux-64::libopenblas-0.3.3-h5a2b251_3
setuptools pkgs/main/linux-64::setuptools-40.6.3-py37_0

The following packages will be UPDATED:

matplotlib conda-forge::matplotlib-3.0.0-2 --> pkgs/main::matplotlib-3.0.2-py37h5429711_0
numpy conda-forge::numpy-1.15.1-py36_blas_o~ --> pkgs/main::numpy-1.15.4-py37h99e49ec_0
numpy-base 1.15.3-py36h81de0dd_0 --> 1.15.4-py37h2f8d375_0
pyparsing conda-forge/noarch::pyparsing-2.2.2-p~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pyparsing-2.3.1-py37_0
python 3.6.8-h0371630_0 --> 3.7.2-h0371630_0
pytz conda-forge/noarch::pytz-2018.6-py_0 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pytz-2018.9-py37_0
six conda-forge::six-1.11.0-py36_1001 --> pkgs/main::six-1.12.0-py37_0
wheel conda-forge::wheel-0.32.2-py36_0 --> pkgs/main::wheel-0.32.3-py37_0

The following packages will be SUPERSEDED by a higher-priority channel:

certifi conda-forge::certifi-2018.11.29-py36_~ --> pkgs/main::certifi-2018.11.29-py37_0
cycler conda-forge/noarch::cycler-0.10.0-py_1 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::cycler-0.10.0-py37_0
kiwisolver conda-forge::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py36h2d~ --> pkgs/main::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py37hf484d3e_0
pip conda-forge::pip-18.1-py36_1000 --> pkgs/main::pip-18.1-py37_0
python-dateutil conda-forge/noarch::python-dateutil-2~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::python-dateutil-2.7.5-py37_0
sip conda-forge::sip-4.19.8-py36hfc679d8_0 --> pkgs/main::sip-4.19.8-py37hf484d3e_0
tornado conda-forge::tornado-5.1.1-py36h470a2~ --> pkgs/main::tornado-5.1.1-py37h7b6447c_0

The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:

pyqt 5.9.2-py36h05f1152_2 --> 5.9.2-py37h05f1152_2


Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Preparing transaction: done
Verifying transaction: failed

RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
conda's operating environment.


After that I tried updating all conda packages, uninstalling matplotlib, installing setuptools with conda and I always get the same error:



RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
conda's operating environment.


It seems like anything to do with conda's install/update/remove functionality leads to this error.
Then I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the setuptools with pip. Re-installation worked but the RemoveError persisted. I have no more clue of what is going on below is my conda list output and conda env list .I have also tried switching from the base environment but the error was still there.



conda list:



(base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda list
# packages in environment at /home/gpu-server/anaconda3:
#
# Name Version Build Channel
_ipyw_jlab_nb_ext_conf 0.1.0 py36_0
absl-py 0.6.0 py36_0 conda-forge
alabaster 0.7.12 py_0 conda-forge
algopy 0.5.7 pypi_0 pypi
anaconda-client 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
anaconda-navigator 1.9.2 py36_0
anaconda-project 0.8.2 py_1 conda-forge
appdirs 1.4.3 py_1 conda-forge
asn1crypto 0.24.0 py36_1003 conda-forge
astor 0.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
astroid 2.0.3 py36_0 conda-forge
astropy 3.0.5 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
atomicwrites 1.2.1 py_0 conda-forge
attrs 18.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
automat 0.7.0 py_1 conda-forge
babel 2.6.0 py_1 conda-forge
backcall 0.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
backports 1.0 py_2 conda-forge
backports.os 0.1.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
backports.shutil_get_terminal_size 1.0.0 py_3 conda-forge
beautifulsoup4 4.6.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
bitarray 0.8.3 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
bkcharts 0.2 py36_0 conda-forge
blas 1.1 openblas conda-forge
blaze 0.11.3 py36_0 conda-forge
bleach 3.0.2 pypi_0 pypi
blinker 1.4 py_1 conda-forge
blosc 1.14.4 hdbcaa40_0
bokeh 1.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
boto 2.49.0 py36_0
boto3 1.9.32 py_0 conda-forge
botocore 1.12.33 py_0 conda-forge
bottleneck 1.2.1 py36h7eb728f_1 conda-forge
bz2file 0.98 py_0 conda-forge
bzip2 1.0.6 h14c3975_5
c-ares 1.15.0 h470a237_0 conda-forge
ca-certificates 2018.12.5 0
cairo 1.14.12 h8948797_3
certifi 2018.11.29 py36_1000 conda-forge
cffi 1.11.5 py36h5e8e0c9_1 conda-forge
chardet 3.0.4 py36_1003 conda-forge
click 7.0 py_0 conda-forge
cloudpickle 0.6.1 py_0 conda-forge
clyent 1.2.2 py_1 conda-forge
colorama 0.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
conda 4.6.2 py36_0
conda-build 3.16.1 py36_0 conda-forge
conda-env 2.6.0 1
constantly 15.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
contextlib2 0.5.5 py_2 conda-forge
cryptography 2.4.2 py36h1ba5d50_0
cryptography-vectors 2.3.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
cuda92 1.0 0 pytorch
cudatoolkit 9.0 h13b8566_0
cudnn 7.1.2 cuda9.0_0
curl 7.63.0 hbc83047_1000
cycler 0.10.0 pypi_0 pypi
cython 0.29 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
cytoolz 0.9.0.1 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
dash 0.35.1 pypi_0 pypi
dash-core-components 0.42.1 pypi_0 pypi
dash-html-components 0.13.4 pypi_0 pypi
dash-renderer 0.17.0 pypi_0 pypi
dash-table 3.1.11 pypi_0 pypi
dask 0.20.0 py_0 conda-forge
dask-core 0.20.0 py_0 conda-forge
datashape 0.5.4 py36_0 conda-forge
dbus 1.13.2 h714fa37_1
decorator 4.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
defusedxml 0.5.0 py_1 conda-forge
distributed 1.24.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
docutils 0.14 py36_1001 conda-forge
entrypoints 0.2.3 py36_1002 conda-forge
et_xmlfile 1.0.1 py36_0 conda-forge
expat 2.2.6 he6710b0_0
fastcache 1.0.2 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
filelock 3.0.9 py_0 conda-forge
flask 1.0.2 py_2 conda-forge
flask-compress 1.4.0 pypi_0 pypi
flask-cors 3.0.6 py_0 conda-forge
fontconfig 2.13.0 h9420a91_0
freetype 2.9.1 h8a8886c_1
fribidi 1.0.5 h7b6447c_0
gast 0.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
gensim 3.5.0 py36_0 conda-forge
get_terminal_size 1.0.0 haa9412d_0
gevent 1.3.6 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
glib 2.56.2 hd408876_0
glob2 0.6 py_0 conda-forge
gmp 6.1.2 h6c8ec71_1
gmpy2 2.0.8 py36hb705a9b_2 conda-forge
graphite2 1.3.12 h23475e2_2
greenlet 0.4.13 py36_0 conda-forge
grpcio 1.16.1 py36hf8bcb03_1
gst-plugins-base 1.14.0 hbbd80ab_1
gstreamer 1.14.0 hb453b48_1
h5py 2.8.0 py36h7eb728f_3 conda-forge
harfbuzz 1.8.8 hffaf4a1_0
hdf5 1.10.2 hba1933b_1
heapdict 1.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
html5lib 1.0.1 py_0 conda-forge
hyperlink 17.3.1 py_0 conda-forge
icu 58.2 h9c2bf20_1
idna 2.7 py36_1002 conda-forge
imageio 2.3.0 py_1 conda-forge
imagesize 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
importlib_metadata 0.6 py36_0 conda-forge
incremental 17.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
intel-openmp 2019.0 118
ipykernel 5.1.0 pyh24bf2e0_0 conda-forge
ipython 7.1.1 py36h24bf2e0_1000 conda-forge
ipython_genutils 0.2.0 py_1 conda-forge
ipywidgets 7.4.2 py_0 conda-forge
isort 4.3.4 py36_1000 conda-forge
itsdangerous 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
jbig 2.1 hdba287a_0
jdcal 1.4 py_1 conda-forge
jedi 0.13.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
jeepney 0.4 py_0 conda-forge
jinja2 2.10 py_1 conda-forge
jmespath 0.9.3 py_1 conda-forge
jpeg 9b h024ee3a_2
jsonschema 2.6.0 py36_1002 conda-forge
jupyter 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
jupyter_client 5.2.3 py_1 conda-forge
jupyter_console 6.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
jupyter_core 4.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
jupyterlab 0.35.3 py36_0 conda-forge
jupyterlab_launcher 0.13.1 py_2 conda-forge
jupyterlab_server 0.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
keras-applications 1.0.6 pypi_0 pypi
keras-preprocessing 1.0.5 pypi_0 pypi
keyring 16.0.0 py36_0 conda-forge
kiwisolver 1.0.1 py36h2d50403_2 conda-forge
krb5 1.16.1 h173b8e3_7
lazy-object-proxy 1.3.1 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
libarchive 3.3.3 h5d8350f_5
libcurl 7.63.0 h20c2e04_1000
libedit 3.1.20170329 h6b74fdf_2
libffi 3.2.1 hd88cf55_4
libgcc-ng 8.2.0 hdf63c60_1
libgfortran 3.0.0 1 conda-forge
libgfortran-ng 7.3.0 hdf63c60_0
libiconv 1.15 h470a237_3 conda-forge
libpng 1.6.36 hbc83047_0
libprotobuf 3.6.1 hd28b015_0 conda-forge
libsodium 1.0.16 h1bed415_0
libssh2 1.8.0 h1ba5d50_4
libstdcxx-ng 8.2.0 hdf63c60_1
libtiff 4.0.9 he85c1e1_2
libtool 2.4.6 h544aabb_3
libuuid 1.0.3 h1bed415_2
libxcb 1.13 h1bed415_1
libxml2 2.9.8 h26e45fe_1
libxslt 1.1.32 h1312cb7_0
llvmlite 0.25.0 py36hd28b015_1 conda-forge
locket 0.2.0 py_2 conda-forge
lxml 4.2.5 py36hc9114bc_0 conda-forge
lz4-c 1.8.1.2 h14c3975_0
lzo 2.10 h49e0be7_2
markdown 2.6.11 py_0 conda-forge
markupsafe 1.0 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
matplotlib 3.0.0 2 conda-forge
matplotlib-base 3.0.0 py36hc039c98_2 conda-forge
mccabe 0.6.1 py_1 conda-forge
mistune 0.8.4 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
mkl 2019.0 118
mkl-service 1.1.2 py36h90e4bf4_5
mkl_fft 1.0.6 py36_0 conda-forge
mkl_random 1.0.1 py36_0 conda-forge
more-itertools 4.3.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
mpc 1.1.0 h10f8cd9_1
mpfr 4.0.1 hdf1c602_3
mpmath 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
msgpack-python 0.5.6 py36h2d50403_3 conda-forge
multipledispatch 0.6.0 py_0 conda-forge
navigator-updater 0.2.1 py36_0
nbconvert 5.4.0 1 conda-forge
nbformat 4.4.0 py_1 conda-forge
nccl 1.3.5 cuda9.0_0
ncurses 6.1 hf484d3e_0
networkx 2.2 py_1 conda-forge
ninja 1.8.2 h2d50403_1 conda-forge
nltk 3.2.5 py_0 conda-forge
nose 1.3.7 py36_1002 conda-forge
notebook 5.7.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
numba 0.40.0 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
numdifftools 0.9.20 pypi_0 pypi
numexpr 2.6.8 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
numpy 1.15.1 py36_blas_openblashd3ea46f_0 conda-forge
numpy-base 1.15.3 py36h81de0dd_0
numpydoc 0.8.0 py_1 conda-forge
oauthlib 2.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
odo 0.5.1 py_1 conda-forge
olefile 0.46 py_0 conda-forge
openblas 0.2.20 8 conda-forge
openpyxl 2.5.9 py_0 conda-forge
openssl 1.1.1a h7b6447c_0
packaging 18.0 py_0 conda-forge
pandas 0.23.4 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
pandoc 1.19.2.1 hea2e7c5_1
pandocfilters 1.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
pango 1.42.4 h049681c_0
parso 0.3.1 py_0 conda-forge
partd 0.3.9 py_0 conda-forge
patchelf 0.9 hf484d3e_2
path.py 11.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
pathlib2 2.3.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
patsy 0.5.1 py_0 conda-forge
pcre 8.42 h439df22_0
pep8 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
pexpect 4.6.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
pickleshare 0.7.5 py36_1000 conda-forge
pillow 5.3.0 py36h34e0f95_0
pip 18.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
pixman 0.34.0 hceecf20_3
pkginfo 1.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
plotly 3.6.0 py36_0 plotly
pluggy 0.8.0 py_0 conda-forge
ply 3.11 py_1 conda-forge
prometheus_client 0.4.2 py_0 conda-forge
prompt_toolkit 2.0.6 py_0 conda-forge
protobuf 3.6.1 py36hfc679d8_1 conda-forge
psutil 5.4.7 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
ptyprocess 0.6.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
py 1.7.0 py_0 conda-forge
pyasn1 0.4.4 py_1 conda-forge
pyasn1-modules 0.2.1 py_0 conda-forge
pycodestyle 2.4.0 py_1 conda-forge
pycosat 0.6.3 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
pycparser 2.19 py_0 conda-forge
pycrypto 2.6.1 py36h470a237_2 conda-forge
pycurl 7.43.0.2 py36h1ba5d50_0
pyflakes 2.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
pyflux 0.4.15 pypi_0 pypi
pygments 2.2.0 py_1 conda-forge
pyhamcrest 1.9.0 py_2 conda-forge
pyjwt 1.6.4 py_0 conda-forge
pylint 2.1.1 py36_0 conda-forge
pyodbc 4.0.24 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
pyopenssl 18.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
pyparsing 2.3.0 pypi_0 pypi
pyqt 5.9.2 py36h05f1152_2
pysocks 1.6.8 py36_1002 conda-forge
pytables 3.4.4 py36h4f72b40_1 conda-forge
pytest 3.9.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
pytest-arraydiff 0.2 py_0 conda-forge
pytest-astropy 0.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
pytest-doctestplus 0.1.3 py_0 conda-forge
pytest-openfiles 0.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
pytest-remotedata 0.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
python 3.6.8 h0371630_0
python-crfsuite 0.9.6 py36h2d50403_0 conda-forge
python-dateutil 2.7.5 py_0 conda-forge
python-libarchive-c 2.8 py36_1004 conda-forge
pytorch 0.4.1 py36ha74772b_0
pytz 2018.6 py_0 conda-forge
pywavelets 1.0.1 py36h7eb728f_0 conda-forge
pyyaml 3.13 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
pyzmq 17.1.2 py36hae99301_1 conda-forge
qt 5.9.7 h5867ecd_1
qtawesome 0.5.2 pyh8a2030e_0 conda-forge
qtconsole 4.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
qtpy 1.5.2 pyh8a2030e_0 conda-forge
readline 7.0 h7b6447c_5
requests 2.20.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
requests-oauthlib 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
retrying 1.3.3 py36_2
rope 0.10.7 py_1 conda-forge
ruamel_yaml 0.15.71 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
s3transfer 0.1.13 py36_1001 conda-forge
scikit-image 0.14.1 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
scikit-learn 0.20.0 py36h4989274_1
scipy 1.1.0 py36_blas_openblash7943236_201 conda-forge
seaborn 0.9.0 pypi_0 pypi
secretstorage 3.1.0 py36_1001 conda-forge
send2trash 1.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
service_identity 17.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
setuptools 40.7.3 pypi_0 pypi
simplegeneric 0.8.1 py_1 conda-forge
singledispatch 3.4.0.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
sip 4.19.8 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
six 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
smart_open 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
snappy 1.1.7 hbae5bb6_3
snowballstemmer 1.2.1 py_1 conda-forge
sortedcollections 1.0.1 py_1 conda-forge
sortedcontainers 2.0.5 py_0 conda-forge
sphinx 1.8.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
sphinxcontrib 1.0 py36_1
sphinxcontrib-websupport 1.1.0 py_1 conda-forge
spyder 3.2.8 py36_0 conda-forge
spyder-kernels 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
sqlalchemy 1.2.12 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
sqlite 3.26.0 h7b6447c_0
statsmodels 0.9.0 py36h7eb728f_0 conda-forge
sympy 1.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
tblib 1.3.2 py_1 conda-forge
tensorboard 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
tensorflow 1.10.0 py36_0 conda-forge
tensorflow-gpu 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
termcolor 1.1.0 py_2 conda-forge
terminado 0.8.1 py36_1001 conda-forge
testpath 0.4.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
tk 8.6.8 hbc83047_0
toolz 0.9.0 py_1 conda-forge
torchfile 0.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
torchvision 0.2.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
tornado 5.1.1 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
tqdm 4.28.1 py_0 conda-forge
traitlets 4.3.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
twisted 18.9.0 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
twython 3.7.0 py_0 conda-forge
typed-ast 1.1.0 py36_0 conda-forge
unicodecsv 0.14.1 py_1 conda-forge
unidecode 1.0.23 py36_0
unixodbc 2.3.7 h14c3975_0
urllib3 1.23 py36_1001 conda-forge
visdom 0.1.8.5 0 conda-forge
wcwidth 0.1.7 py_1 conda-forge
webencodings 0.5.1 pypi_0 pypi
websocket-client 0.54.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
werkzeug 0.14.1 py_0 conda-forge
wheel 0.32.2 py36_0 conda-forge
widgetsnbextension 3.4.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
wrapt 1.10.11 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
xlrd 1.1.0 py_2 conda-forge
xlsxwriter 1.1.2 py_0 conda-forge
xlwt 1.3.0 py_1 conda-forge
xz 5.2.4 h14c3975_4
yaml 0.1.7 had09818_2
zeromq 4.2.5 hf484d3e_1
zict 0.1.3 py_0 conda-forge
zlib 1.2.11 ha838bed_2
zope 1.0 py36_1
zope.interface 4.6.0 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
zstd 1.3.7 h0b5b093_0


conda env list:



(base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda env list
# conda environments:
#
base * /home/gpu-server/anaconda3


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    I needed to update the matplotlib when I encountered the following error:



    conda update matplotlib
    Collecting package metadata: done
    Solving environment: done

    ## Package Plan ##

    environment location: /home/gpu-server/anaconda3

    added / updated specs:
    - matplotlib


    The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

    libopenblas pkgs/main/linux-64::libopenblas-0.3.3-h5a2b251_3
    setuptools pkgs/main/linux-64::setuptools-40.6.3-py37_0

    The following packages will be UPDATED:

    matplotlib conda-forge::matplotlib-3.0.0-2 --> pkgs/main::matplotlib-3.0.2-py37h5429711_0
    numpy conda-forge::numpy-1.15.1-py36_blas_o~ --> pkgs/main::numpy-1.15.4-py37h99e49ec_0
    numpy-base 1.15.3-py36h81de0dd_0 --> 1.15.4-py37h2f8d375_0
    pyparsing conda-forge/noarch::pyparsing-2.2.2-p~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pyparsing-2.3.1-py37_0
    python 3.6.8-h0371630_0 --> 3.7.2-h0371630_0
    pytz conda-forge/noarch::pytz-2018.6-py_0 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pytz-2018.9-py37_0
    six conda-forge::six-1.11.0-py36_1001 --> pkgs/main::six-1.12.0-py37_0
    wheel conda-forge::wheel-0.32.2-py36_0 --> pkgs/main::wheel-0.32.3-py37_0

    The following packages will be SUPERSEDED by a higher-priority channel:

    certifi conda-forge::certifi-2018.11.29-py36_~ --> pkgs/main::certifi-2018.11.29-py37_0
    cycler conda-forge/noarch::cycler-0.10.0-py_1 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::cycler-0.10.0-py37_0
    kiwisolver conda-forge::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py36h2d~ --> pkgs/main::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py37hf484d3e_0
    pip conda-forge::pip-18.1-py36_1000 --> pkgs/main::pip-18.1-py37_0
    python-dateutil conda-forge/noarch::python-dateutil-2~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::python-dateutil-2.7.5-py37_0
    sip conda-forge::sip-4.19.8-py36hfc679d8_0 --> pkgs/main::sip-4.19.8-py37hf484d3e_0
    tornado conda-forge::tornado-5.1.1-py36h470a2~ --> pkgs/main::tornado-5.1.1-py37h7b6447c_0

    The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:

    pyqt 5.9.2-py36h05f1152_2 --> 5.9.2-py37h05f1152_2


    Proceed ([y]/n)? y

    Preparing transaction: done
    Verifying transaction: failed

    RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
    conda's operating environment.


    After that I tried updating all conda packages, uninstalling matplotlib, installing setuptools with conda and I always get the same error:



    RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
    conda's operating environment.


    It seems like anything to do with conda's install/update/remove functionality leads to this error.
    Then I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the setuptools with pip. Re-installation worked but the RemoveError persisted. I have no more clue of what is going on below is my conda list output and conda env list .I have also tried switching from the base environment but the error was still there.



    conda list:



    (base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda list
    # packages in environment at /home/gpu-server/anaconda3:
    #
    # Name Version Build Channel
    _ipyw_jlab_nb_ext_conf 0.1.0 py36_0
    absl-py 0.6.0 py36_0 conda-forge
    alabaster 0.7.12 py_0 conda-forge
    algopy 0.5.7 pypi_0 pypi
    anaconda-client 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
    anaconda-navigator 1.9.2 py36_0
    anaconda-project 0.8.2 py_1 conda-forge
    appdirs 1.4.3 py_1 conda-forge
    asn1crypto 0.24.0 py36_1003 conda-forge
    astor 0.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
    astroid 2.0.3 py36_0 conda-forge
    astropy 3.0.5 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    atomicwrites 1.2.1 py_0 conda-forge
    attrs 18.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
    automat 0.7.0 py_1 conda-forge
    babel 2.6.0 py_1 conda-forge
    backcall 0.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    backports 1.0 py_2 conda-forge
    backports.os 0.1.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
    backports.shutil_get_terminal_size 1.0.0 py_3 conda-forge
    beautifulsoup4 4.6.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
    bitarray 0.8.3 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    bkcharts 0.2 py36_0 conda-forge
    blas 1.1 openblas conda-forge
    blaze 0.11.3 py36_0 conda-forge
    bleach 3.0.2 pypi_0 pypi
    blinker 1.4 py_1 conda-forge
    blosc 1.14.4 hdbcaa40_0
    bokeh 1.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    boto 2.49.0 py36_0
    boto3 1.9.32 py_0 conda-forge
    botocore 1.12.33 py_0 conda-forge
    bottleneck 1.2.1 py36h7eb728f_1 conda-forge
    bz2file 0.98 py_0 conda-forge
    bzip2 1.0.6 h14c3975_5
    c-ares 1.15.0 h470a237_0 conda-forge
    ca-certificates 2018.12.5 0
    cairo 1.14.12 h8948797_3
    certifi 2018.11.29 py36_1000 conda-forge
    cffi 1.11.5 py36h5e8e0c9_1 conda-forge
    chardet 3.0.4 py36_1003 conda-forge
    click 7.0 py_0 conda-forge
    cloudpickle 0.6.1 py_0 conda-forge
    clyent 1.2.2 py_1 conda-forge
    colorama 0.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
    conda 4.6.2 py36_0
    conda-build 3.16.1 py36_0 conda-forge
    conda-env 2.6.0 1
    constantly 15.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    contextlib2 0.5.5 py_2 conda-forge
    cryptography 2.4.2 py36h1ba5d50_0
    cryptography-vectors 2.3.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
    cuda92 1.0 0 pytorch
    cudatoolkit 9.0 h13b8566_0
    cudnn 7.1.2 cuda9.0_0
    curl 7.63.0 hbc83047_1000
    cycler 0.10.0 pypi_0 pypi
    cython 0.29 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
    cytoolz 0.9.0.1 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    dash 0.35.1 pypi_0 pypi
    dash-core-components 0.42.1 pypi_0 pypi
    dash-html-components 0.13.4 pypi_0 pypi
    dash-renderer 0.17.0 pypi_0 pypi
    dash-table 3.1.11 pypi_0 pypi
    dask 0.20.0 py_0 conda-forge
    dask-core 0.20.0 py_0 conda-forge
    datashape 0.5.4 py36_0 conda-forge
    dbus 1.13.2 h714fa37_1
    decorator 4.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
    defusedxml 0.5.0 py_1 conda-forge
    distributed 1.24.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    docutils 0.14 py36_1001 conda-forge
    entrypoints 0.2.3 py36_1002 conda-forge
    et_xmlfile 1.0.1 py36_0 conda-forge
    expat 2.2.6 he6710b0_0
    fastcache 1.0.2 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    filelock 3.0.9 py_0 conda-forge
    flask 1.0.2 py_2 conda-forge
    flask-compress 1.4.0 pypi_0 pypi
    flask-cors 3.0.6 py_0 conda-forge
    fontconfig 2.13.0 h9420a91_0
    freetype 2.9.1 h8a8886c_1
    fribidi 1.0.5 h7b6447c_0
    gast 0.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
    gensim 3.5.0 py36_0 conda-forge
    get_terminal_size 1.0.0 haa9412d_0
    gevent 1.3.6 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    glib 2.56.2 hd408876_0
    glob2 0.6 py_0 conda-forge
    gmp 6.1.2 h6c8ec71_1
    gmpy2 2.0.8 py36hb705a9b_2 conda-forge
    graphite2 1.3.12 h23475e2_2
    greenlet 0.4.13 py36_0 conda-forge
    grpcio 1.16.1 py36hf8bcb03_1
    gst-plugins-base 1.14.0 hbbd80ab_1
    gstreamer 1.14.0 hb453b48_1
    h5py 2.8.0 py36h7eb728f_3 conda-forge
    harfbuzz 1.8.8 hffaf4a1_0
    hdf5 1.10.2 hba1933b_1
    heapdict 1.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    html5lib 1.0.1 py_0 conda-forge
    hyperlink 17.3.1 py_0 conda-forge
    icu 58.2 h9c2bf20_1
    idna 2.7 py36_1002 conda-forge
    imageio 2.3.0 py_1 conda-forge
    imagesize 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    importlib_metadata 0.6 py36_0 conda-forge
    incremental 17.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
    intel-openmp 2019.0 118
    ipykernel 5.1.0 pyh24bf2e0_0 conda-forge
    ipython 7.1.1 py36h24bf2e0_1000 conda-forge
    ipython_genutils 0.2.0 py_1 conda-forge
    ipywidgets 7.4.2 py_0 conda-forge
    isort 4.3.4 py36_1000 conda-forge
    itsdangerous 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    jbig 2.1 hdba287a_0
    jdcal 1.4 py_1 conda-forge
    jedi 0.13.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
    jeepney 0.4 py_0 conda-forge
    jinja2 2.10 py_1 conda-forge
    jmespath 0.9.3 py_1 conda-forge
    jpeg 9b h024ee3a_2
    jsonschema 2.6.0 py36_1002 conda-forge
    jupyter 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
    jupyter_client 5.2.3 py_1 conda-forge
    jupyter_console 6.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
    jupyter_core 4.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
    jupyterlab 0.35.3 py36_0 conda-forge
    jupyterlab_launcher 0.13.1 py_2 conda-forge
    jupyterlab_server 0.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
    keras-applications 1.0.6 pypi_0 pypi
    keras-preprocessing 1.0.5 pypi_0 pypi
    keyring 16.0.0 py36_0 conda-forge
    kiwisolver 1.0.1 py36h2d50403_2 conda-forge
    krb5 1.16.1 h173b8e3_7
    lazy-object-proxy 1.3.1 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    libarchive 3.3.3 h5d8350f_5
    libcurl 7.63.0 h20c2e04_1000
    libedit 3.1.20170329 h6b74fdf_2
    libffi 3.2.1 hd88cf55_4
    libgcc-ng 8.2.0 hdf63c60_1
    libgfortran 3.0.0 1 conda-forge
    libgfortran-ng 7.3.0 hdf63c60_0
    libiconv 1.15 h470a237_3 conda-forge
    libpng 1.6.36 hbc83047_0
    libprotobuf 3.6.1 hd28b015_0 conda-forge
    libsodium 1.0.16 h1bed415_0
    libssh2 1.8.0 h1ba5d50_4
    libstdcxx-ng 8.2.0 hdf63c60_1
    libtiff 4.0.9 he85c1e1_2
    libtool 2.4.6 h544aabb_3
    libuuid 1.0.3 h1bed415_2
    libxcb 1.13 h1bed415_1
    libxml2 2.9.8 h26e45fe_1
    libxslt 1.1.32 h1312cb7_0
    llvmlite 0.25.0 py36hd28b015_1 conda-forge
    locket 0.2.0 py_2 conda-forge
    lxml 4.2.5 py36hc9114bc_0 conda-forge
    lz4-c 1.8.1.2 h14c3975_0
    lzo 2.10 h49e0be7_2
    markdown 2.6.11 py_0 conda-forge
    markupsafe 1.0 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    matplotlib 3.0.0 2 conda-forge
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    mccabe 0.6.1 py_1 conda-forge
    mistune 0.8.4 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    mkl 2019.0 118
    mkl-service 1.1.2 py36h90e4bf4_5
    mkl_fft 1.0.6 py36_0 conda-forge
    mkl_random 1.0.1 py36_0 conda-forge
    more-itertools 4.3.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    mpc 1.1.0 h10f8cd9_1
    mpfr 4.0.1 hdf1c602_3
    mpmath 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
    msgpack-python 0.5.6 py36h2d50403_3 conda-forge
    multipledispatch 0.6.0 py_0 conda-forge
    navigator-updater 0.2.1 py36_0
    nbconvert 5.4.0 1 conda-forge
    nbformat 4.4.0 py_1 conda-forge
    nccl 1.3.5 cuda9.0_0
    ncurses 6.1 hf484d3e_0
    networkx 2.2 py_1 conda-forge
    ninja 1.8.2 h2d50403_1 conda-forge
    nltk 3.2.5 py_0 conda-forge
    nose 1.3.7 py36_1002 conda-forge
    notebook 5.7.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    numba 0.40.0 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
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    numpy-base 1.15.3 py36h81de0dd_0
    numpydoc 0.8.0 py_1 conda-forge
    oauthlib 2.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    odo 0.5.1 py_1 conda-forge
    olefile 0.46 py_0 conda-forge
    openblas 0.2.20 8 conda-forge
    openpyxl 2.5.9 py_0 conda-forge
    openssl 1.1.1a h7b6447c_0
    packaging 18.0 py_0 conda-forge
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    partd 0.3.9 py_0 conda-forge
    patchelf 0.9 hf484d3e_2
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    pcre 8.42 h439df22_0
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    pluggy 0.8.0 py_0 conda-forge
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    prompt_toolkit 2.0.6 py_0 conda-forge
    protobuf 3.6.1 py36hfc679d8_1 conda-forge
    psutil 5.4.7 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    ptyprocess 0.6.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
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    pyasn1-modules 0.2.1 py_0 conda-forge
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    pycosat 0.6.3 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    pycparser 2.19 py_0 conda-forge
    pycrypto 2.6.1 py36h470a237_2 conda-forge
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    pyflakes 2.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
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    pygments 2.2.0 py_1 conda-forge
    pyhamcrest 1.9.0 py_2 conda-forge
    pyjwt 1.6.4 py_0 conda-forge
    pylint 2.1.1 py36_0 conda-forge
    pyodbc 4.0.24 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
    pyopenssl 18.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    pyparsing 2.3.0 pypi_0 pypi
    pyqt 5.9.2 py36h05f1152_2
    pysocks 1.6.8 py36_1002 conda-forge
    pytables 3.4.4 py36h4f72b40_1 conda-forge
    pytest 3.9.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
    pytest-arraydiff 0.2 py_0 conda-forge
    pytest-astropy 0.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
    pytest-doctestplus 0.1.3 py_0 conda-forge
    pytest-openfiles 0.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
    pytest-remotedata 0.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
    python 3.6.8 h0371630_0
    python-crfsuite 0.9.6 py36h2d50403_0 conda-forge
    python-dateutil 2.7.5 py_0 conda-forge
    python-libarchive-c 2.8 py36_1004 conda-forge
    pytorch 0.4.1 py36ha74772b_0
    pytz 2018.6 py_0 conda-forge
    pywavelets 1.0.1 py36h7eb728f_0 conda-forge
    pyyaml 3.13 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    pyzmq 17.1.2 py36hae99301_1 conda-forge
    qt 5.9.7 h5867ecd_1
    qtawesome 0.5.2 pyh8a2030e_0 conda-forge
    qtconsole 4.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
    qtpy 1.5.2 pyh8a2030e_0 conda-forge
    readline 7.0 h7b6447c_5
    requests 2.20.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    requests-oauthlib 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
    retrying 1.3.3 py36_2
    rope 0.10.7 py_1 conda-forge
    ruamel_yaml 0.15.71 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    s3transfer 0.1.13 py36_1001 conda-forge
    scikit-image 0.14.1 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
    scikit-learn 0.20.0 py36h4989274_1
    scipy 1.1.0 py36_blas_openblash7943236_201 conda-forge
    seaborn 0.9.0 pypi_0 pypi
    secretstorage 3.1.0 py36_1001 conda-forge
    send2trash 1.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
    service_identity 17.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
    setuptools 40.7.3 pypi_0 pypi
    simplegeneric 0.8.1 py_1 conda-forge
    singledispatch 3.4.0.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
    sip 4.19.8 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
    six 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
    smart_open 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
    snappy 1.1.7 hbae5bb6_3
    snowballstemmer 1.2.1 py_1 conda-forge
    sortedcollections 1.0.1 py_1 conda-forge
    sortedcontainers 2.0.5 py_0 conda-forge
    sphinx 1.8.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
    sphinxcontrib 1.0 py36_1
    sphinxcontrib-websupport 1.1.0 py_1 conda-forge
    spyder 3.2.8 py36_0 conda-forge
    spyder-kernels 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    sqlalchemy 1.2.12 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    sqlite 3.26.0 h7b6447c_0
    statsmodels 0.9.0 py36h7eb728f_0 conda-forge
    sympy 1.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
    tblib 1.3.2 py_1 conda-forge
    tensorboard 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
    tensorflow 1.10.0 py36_0 conda-forge
    tensorflow-gpu 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
    termcolor 1.1.0 py_2 conda-forge
    terminado 0.8.1 py36_1001 conda-forge
    testpath 0.4.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
    tk 8.6.8 hbc83047_0
    toolz 0.9.0 py_1 conda-forge
    torchfile 0.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
    torchvision 0.2.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
    tornado 5.1.1 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    tqdm 4.28.1 py_0 conda-forge
    traitlets 4.3.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
    twisted 18.9.0 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    twython 3.7.0 py_0 conda-forge
    typed-ast 1.1.0 py36_0 conda-forge
    unicodecsv 0.14.1 py_1 conda-forge
    unidecode 1.0.23 py36_0
    unixodbc 2.3.7 h14c3975_0
    urllib3 1.23 py36_1001 conda-forge
    visdom 0.1.8.5 0 conda-forge
    wcwidth 0.1.7 py_1 conda-forge
    webencodings 0.5.1 pypi_0 pypi
    websocket-client 0.54.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
    werkzeug 0.14.1 py_0 conda-forge
    wheel 0.32.2 py36_0 conda-forge
    widgetsnbextension 3.4.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
    wrapt 1.10.11 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
    xlrd 1.1.0 py_2 conda-forge
    xlsxwriter 1.1.2 py_0 conda-forge
    xlwt 1.3.0 py_1 conda-forge
    xz 5.2.4 h14c3975_4
    yaml 0.1.7 had09818_2
    zeromq 4.2.5 hf484d3e_1
    zict 0.1.3 py_0 conda-forge
    zlib 1.2.11 ha838bed_2
    zope 1.0 py36_1
    zope.interface 4.6.0 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
    zstd 1.3.7 h0b5b093_0


    conda env list:



    (base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda env list
    # conda environments:
    #
    base * /home/gpu-server/anaconda3


    Any help or insight about what could be wrong is appreciated.










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      I needed to update the matplotlib when I encountered the following error:



      conda update matplotlib
      Collecting package metadata: done
      Solving environment: done

      ## Package Plan ##

      environment location: /home/gpu-server/anaconda3

      added / updated specs:
      - matplotlib


      The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

      libopenblas pkgs/main/linux-64::libopenblas-0.3.3-h5a2b251_3
      setuptools pkgs/main/linux-64::setuptools-40.6.3-py37_0

      The following packages will be UPDATED:

      matplotlib conda-forge::matplotlib-3.0.0-2 --> pkgs/main::matplotlib-3.0.2-py37h5429711_0
      numpy conda-forge::numpy-1.15.1-py36_blas_o~ --> pkgs/main::numpy-1.15.4-py37h99e49ec_0
      numpy-base 1.15.3-py36h81de0dd_0 --> 1.15.4-py37h2f8d375_0
      pyparsing conda-forge/noarch::pyparsing-2.2.2-p~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pyparsing-2.3.1-py37_0
      python 3.6.8-h0371630_0 --> 3.7.2-h0371630_0
      pytz conda-forge/noarch::pytz-2018.6-py_0 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pytz-2018.9-py37_0
      six conda-forge::six-1.11.0-py36_1001 --> pkgs/main::six-1.12.0-py37_0
      wheel conda-forge::wheel-0.32.2-py36_0 --> pkgs/main::wheel-0.32.3-py37_0

      The following packages will be SUPERSEDED by a higher-priority channel:

      certifi conda-forge::certifi-2018.11.29-py36_~ --> pkgs/main::certifi-2018.11.29-py37_0
      cycler conda-forge/noarch::cycler-0.10.0-py_1 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::cycler-0.10.0-py37_0
      kiwisolver conda-forge::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py36h2d~ --> pkgs/main::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py37hf484d3e_0
      pip conda-forge::pip-18.1-py36_1000 --> pkgs/main::pip-18.1-py37_0
      python-dateutil conda-forge/noarch::python-dateutil-2~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::python-dateutil-2.7.5-py37_0
      sip conda-forge::sip-4.19.8-py36hfc679d8_0 --> pkgs/main::sip-4.19.8-py37hf484d3e_0
      tornado conda-forge::tornado-5.1.1-py36h470a2~ --> pkgs/main::tornado-5.1.1-py37h7b6447c_0

      The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:

      pyqt 5.9.2-py36h05f1152_2 --> 5.9.2-py37h05f1152_2


      Proceed ([y]/n)? y

      Preparing transaction: done
      Verifying transaction: failed

      RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
      conda's operating environment.


      After that I tried updating all conda packages, uninstalling matplotlib, installing setuptools with conda and I always get the same error:



      RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
      conda's operating environment.


      It seems like anything to do with conda's install/update/remove functionality leads to this error.
      Then I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the setuptools with pip. Re-installation worked but the RemoveError persisted. I have no more clue of what is going on below is my conda list output and conda env list .I have also tried switching from the base environment but the error was still there.



      conda list:



      (base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda list
      # packages in environment at /home/gpu-server/anaconda3:
      #
      # Name Version Build Channel
      _ipyw_jlab_nb_ext_conf 0.1.0 py36_0
      absl-py 0.6.0 py36_0 conda-forge
      alabaster 0.7.12 py_0 conda-forge
      algopy 0.5.7 pypi_0 pypi
      anaconda-client 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
      anaconda-navigator 1.9.2 py36_0
      anaconda-project 0.8.2 py_1 conda-forge
      appdirs 1.4.3 py_1 conda-forge
      asn1crypto 0.24.0 py36_1003 conda-forge
      astor 0.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
      astroid 2.0.3 py36_0 conda-forge
      astropy 3.0.5 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      atomicwrites 1.2.1 py_0 conda-forge
      attrs 18.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
      automat 0.7.0 py_1 conda-forge
      babel 2.6.0 py_1 conda-forge
      backcall 0.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      backports 1.0 py_2 conda-forge
      backports.os 0.1.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
      backports.shutil_get_terminal_size 1.0.0 py_3 conda-forge
      beautifulsoup4 4.6.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
      bitarray 0.8.3 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      bkcharts 0.2 py36_0 conda-forge
      blas 1.1 openblas conda-forge
      blaze 0.11.3 py36_0 conda-forge
      bleach 3.0.2 pypi_0 pypi
      blinker 1.4 py_1 conda-forge
      blosc 1.14.4 hdbcaa40_0
      bokeh 1.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      boto 2.49.0 py36_0
      boto3 1.9.32 py_0 conda-forge
      botocore 1.12.33 py_0 conda-forge
      bottleneck 1.2.1 py36h7eb728f_1 conda-forge
      bz2file 0.98 py_0 conda-forge
      bzip2 1.0.6 h14c3975_5
      c-ares 1.15.0 h470a237_0 conda-forge
      ca-certificates 2018.12.5 0
      cairo 1.14.12 h8948797_3
      certifi 2018.11.29 py36_1000 conda-forge
      cffi 1.11.5 py36h5e8e0c9_1 conda-forge
      chardet 3.0.4 py36_1003 conda-forge
      click 7.0 py_0 conda-forge
      cloudpickle 0.6.1 py_0 conda-forge
      clyent 1.2.2 py_1 conda-forge
      colorama 0.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
      conda 4.6.2 py36_0
      conda-build 3.16.1 py36_0 conda-forge
      conda-env 2.6.0 1
      constantly 15.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      contextlib2 0.5.5 py_2 conda-forge
      cryptography 2.4.2 py36h1ba5d50_0
      cryptography-vectors 2.3.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
      cuda92 1.0 0 pytorch
      cudatoolkit 9.0 h13b8566_0
      cudnn 7.1.2 cuda9.0_0
      curl 7.63.0 hbc83047_1000
      cycler 0.10.0 pypi_0 pypi
      cython 0.29 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
      cytoolz 0.9.0.1 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      dash 0.35.1 pypi_0 pypi
      dash-core-components 0.42.1 pypi_0 pypi
      dash-html-components 0.13.4 pypi_0 pypi
      dash-renderer 0.17.0 pypi_0 pypi
      dash-table 3.1.11 pypi_0 pypi
      dask 0.20.0 py_0 conda-forge
      dask-core 0.20.0 py_0 conda-forge
      datashape 0.5.4 py36_0 conda-forge
      dbus 1.13.2 h714fa37_1
      decorator 4.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
      defusedxml 0.5.0 py_1 conda-forge
      distributed 1.24.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      docutils 0.14 py36_1001 conda-forge
      entrypoints 0.2.3 py36_1002 conda-forge
      et_xmlfile 1.0.1 py36_0 conda-forge
      expat 2.2.6 he6710b0_0
      fastcache 1.0.2 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      filelock 3.0.9 py_0 conda-forge
      flask 1.0.2 py_2 conda-forge
      flask-compress 1.4.0 pypi_0 pypi
      flask-cors 3.0.6 py_0 conda-forge
      fontconfig 2.13.0 h9420a91_0
      freetype 2.9.1 h8a8886c_1
      fribidi 1.0.5 h7b6447c_0
      gast 0.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
      gensim 3.5.0 py36_0 conda-forge
      get_terminal_size 1.0.0 haa9412d_0
      gevent 1.3.6 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      glib 2.56.2 hd408876_0
      glob2 0.6 py_0 conda-forge
      gmp 6.1.2 h6c8ec71_1
      gmpy2 2.0.8 py36hb705a9b_2 conda-forge
      graphite2 1.3.12 h23475e2_2
      greenlet 0.4.13 py36_0 conda-forge
      grpcio 1.16.1 py36hf8bcb03_1
      gst-plugins-base 1.14.0 hbbd80ab_1
      gstreamer 1.14.0 hb453b48_1
      h5py 2.8.0 py36h7eb728f_3 conda-forge
      harfbuzz 1.8.8 hffaf4a1_0
      hdf5 1.10.2 hba1933b_1
      heapdict 1.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      html5lib 1.0.1 py_0 conda-forge
      hyperlink 17.3.1 py_0 conda-forge
      icu 58.2 h9c2bf20_1
      idna 2.7 py36_1002 conda-forge
      imageio 2.3.0 py_1 conda-forge
      imagesize 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      importlib_metadata 0.6 py36_0 conda-forge
      incremental 17.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
      intel-openmp 2019.0 118
      ipykernel 5.1.0 pyh24bf2e0_0 conda-forge
      ipython 7.1.1 py36h24bf2e0_1000 conda-forge
      ipython_genutils 0.2.0 py_1 conda-forge
      ipywidgets 7.4.2 py_0 conda-forge
      isort 4.3.4 py36_1000 conda-forge
      itsdangerous 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      jbig 2.1 hdba287a_0
      jdcal 1.4 py_1 conda-forge
      jedi 0.13.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
      jeepney 0.4 py_0 conda-forge
      jinja2 2.10 py_1 conda-forge
      jmespath 0.9.3 py_1 conda-forge
      jpeg 9b h024ee3a_2
      jsonschema 2.6.0 py36_1002 conda-forge
      jupyter 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
      jupyter_client 5.2.3 py_1 conda-forge
      jupyter_console 6.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
      jupyter_core 4.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
      jupyterlab 0.35.3 py36_0 conda-forge
      jupyterlab_launcher 0.13.1 py_2 conda-forge
      jupyterlab_server 0.2.0 py_0 conda-forge
      keras-applications 1.0.6 pypi_0 pypi
      keras-preprocessing 1.0.5 pypi_0 pypi
      keyring 16.0.0 py36_0 conda-forge
      kiwisolver 1.0.1 py36h2d50403_2 conda-forge
      krb5 1.16.1 h173b8e3_7
      lazy-object-proxy 1.3.1 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      libarchive 3.3.3 h5d8350f_5
      libcurl 7.63.0 h20c2e04_1000
      libedit 3.1.20170329 h6b74fdf_2
      libffi 3.2.1 hd88cf55_4
      libgcc-ng 8.2.0 hdf63c60_1
      libgfortran 3.0.0 1 conda-forge
      libgfortran-ng 7.3.0 hdf63c60_0
      libiconv 1.15 h470a237_3 conda-forge
      libpng 1.6.36 hbc83047_0
      libprotobuf 3.6.1 hd28b015_0 conda-forge
      libsodium 1.0.16 h1bed415_0
      libssh2 1.8.0 h1ba5d50_4
      libstdcxx-ng 8.2.0 hdf63c60_1
      libtiff 4.0.9 he85c1e1_2
      libtool 2.4.6 h544aabb_3
      libuuid 1.0.3 h1bed415_2
      libxcb 1.13 h1bed415_1
      libxml2 2.9.8 h26e45fe_1
      libxslt 1.1.32 h1312cb7_0
      llvmlite 0.25.0 py36hd28b015_1 conda-forge
      locket 0.2.0 py_2 conda-forge
      lxml 4.2.5 py36hc9114bc_0 conda-forge
      lz4-c 1.8.1.2 h14c3975_0
      lzo 2.10 h49e0be7_2
      markdown 2.6.11 py_0 conda-forge
      markupsafe 1.0 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      matplotlib 3.0.0 2 conda-forge
      matplotlib-base 3.0.0 py36hc039c98_2 conda-forge
      mccabe 0.6.1 py_1 conda-forge
      mistune 0.8.4 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      mkl 2019.0 118
      mkl-service 1.1.2 py36h90e4bf4_5
      mkl_fft 1.0.6 py36_0 conda-forge
      mkl_random 1.0.1 py36_0 conda-forge
      more-itertools 4.3.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      mpc 1.1.0 h10f8cd9_1
      mpfr 4.0.1 hdf1c602_3
      mpmath 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
      msgpack-python 0.5.6 py36h2d50403_3 conda-forge
      multipledispatch 0.6.0 py_0 conda-forge
      navigator-updater 0.2.1 py36_0
      nbconvert 5.4.0 1 conda-forge
      nbformat 4.4.0 py_1 conda-forge
      nccl 1.3.5 cuda9.0_0
      ncurses 6.1 hf484d3e_0
      networkx 2.2 py_1 conda-forge
      ninja 1.8.2 h2d50403_1 conda-forge
      nltk 3.2.5 py_0 conda-forge
      nose 1.3.7 py36_1002 conda-forge
      notebook 5.7.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      numba 0.40.0 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
      numdifftools 0.9.20 pypi_0 pypi
      numexpr 2.6.8 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
      numpy 1.15.1 py36_blas_openblashd3ea46f_0 conda-forge
      numpy-base 1.15.3 py36h81de0dd_0
      numpydoc 0.8.0 py_1 conda-forge
      oauthlib 2.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      odo 0.5.1 py_1 conda-forge
      olefile 0.46 py_0 conda-forge
      openblas 0.2.20 8 conda-forge
      openpyxl 2.5.9 py_0 conda-forge
      openssl 1.1.1a h7b6447c_0
      packaging 18.0 py_0 conda-forge
      pandas 0.23.4 py36hf8a1672_0 conda-forge
      pandoc 1.19.2.1 hea2e7c5_1
      pandocfilters 1.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
      pango 1.42.4 h049681c_0
      parso 0.3.1 py_0 conda-forge
      partd 0.3.9 py_0 conda-forge
      patchelf 0.9 hf484d3e_2
      path.py 11.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
      pathlib2 2.3.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
      patsy 0.5.1 py_0 conda-forge
      pcre 8.42 h439df22_0
      pep8 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
      pexpect 4.6.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      pickleshare 0.7.5 py36_1000 conda-forge
      pillow 5.3.0 py36h34e0f95_0
      pip 18.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
      pixman 0.34.0 hceecf20_3
      pkginfo 1.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
      plotly 3.6.0 py36_0 plotly
      pluggy 0.8.0 py_0 conda-forge
      ply 3.11 py_1 conda-forge
      prometheus_client 0.4.2 py_0 conda-forge
      prompt_toolkit 2.0.6 py_0 conda-forge
      protobuf 3.6.1 py36hfc679d8_1 conda-forge
      psutil 5.4.7 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      ptyprocess 0.6.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      py 1.7.0 py_0 conda-forge
      pyasn1 0.4.4 py_1 conda-forge
      pyasn1-modules 0.2.1 py_0 conda-forge
      pycodestyle 2.4.0 py_1 conda-forge
      pycosat 0.6.3 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      pycparser 2.19 py_0 conda-forge
      pycrypto 2.6.1 py36h470a237_2 conda-forge
      pycurl 7.43.0.2 py36h1ba5d50_0
      pyflakes 2.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
      pyflux 0.4.15 pypi_0 pypi
      pygments 2.2.0 py_1 conda-forge
      pyhamcrest 1.9.0 py_2 conda-forge
      pyjwt 1.6.4 py_0 conda-forge
      pylint 2.1.1 py36_0 conda-forge
      pyodbc 4.0.24 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
      pyopenssl 18.0.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      pyparsing 2.3.0 pypi_0 pypi
      pyqt 5.9.2 py36h05f1152_2
      pysocks 1.6.8 py36_1002 conda-forge
      pytables 3.4.4 py36h4f72b40_1 conda-forge
      pytest 3.9.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
      pytest-arraydiff 0.2 py_0 conda-forge
      pytest-astropy 0.4.0 py_0 conda-forge
      pytest-doctestplus 0.1.3 py_0 conda-forge
      pytest-openfiles 0.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
      pytest-remotedata 0.3.0 py_0 conda-forge
      python 3.6.8 h0371630_0
      python-crfsuite 0.9.6 py36h2d50403_0 conda-forge
      python-dateutil 2.7.5 py_0 conda-forge
      python-libarchive-c 2.8 py36_1004 conda-forge
      pytorch 0.4.1 py36ha74772b_0
      pytz 2018.6 py_0 conda-forge
      pywavelets 1.0.1 py36h7eb728f_0 conda-forge
      pyyaml 3.13 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      pyzmq 17.1.2 py36hae99301_1 conda-forge
      qt 5.9.7 h5867ecd_1
      qtawesome 0.5.2 pyh8a2030e_0 conda-forge
      qtconsole 4.4.2 py_1 conda-forge
      qtpy 1.5.2 pyh8a2030e_0 conda-forge
      readline 7.0 h7b6447c_5
      requests 2.20.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      requests-oauthlib 1.0.0 py_1 conda-forge
      retrying 1.3.3 py36_2
      rope 0.10.7 py_1 conda-forge
      ruamel_yaml 0.15.71 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      s3transfer 0.1.13 py36_1001 conda-forge
      scikit-image 0.14.1 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
      scikit-learn 0.20.0 py36h4989274_1
      scipy 1.1.0 py36_blas_openblash7943236_201 conda-forge
      seaborn 0.9.0 pypi_0 pypi
      secretstorage 3.1.0 py36_1001 conda-forge
      send2trash 1.5.0 py_0 conda-forge
      service_identity 17.0.0 py_0 conda-forge
      setuptools 40.7.3 pypi_0 pypi
      simplegeneric 0.8.1 py_1 conda-forge
      singledispatch 3.4.0.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
      sip 4.19.8 py36hfc679d8_0 conda-forge
      six 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
      smart_open 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
      snappy 1.1.7 hbae5bb6_3
      snowballstemmer 1.2.1 py_1 conda-forge
      sortedcollections 1.0.1 py_1 conda-forge
      sortedcontainers 2.0.5 py_0 conda-forge
      sphinx 1.8.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
      sphinxcontrib 1.0 py36_1
      sphinxcontrib-websupport 1.1.0 py_1 conda-forge
      spyder 3.2.8 py36_0 conda-forge
      spyder-kernels 1.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      sqlalchemy 1.2.12 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      sqlite 3.26.0 h7b6447c_0
      statsmodels 0.9.0 py36h7eb728f_0 conda-forge
      sympy 1.3 py36_1000 conda-forge
      tblib 1.3.2 py_1 conda-forge
      tensorboard 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
      tensorflow 1.10.0 py36_0 conda-forge
      tensorflow-gpu 1.11.0 pypi_0 pypi
      termcolor 1.1.0 py_2 conda-forge
      terminado 0.8.1 py36_1001 conda-forge
      testpath 0.4.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
      tk 8.6.8 hbc83047_0
      toolz 0.9.0 py_1 conda-forge
      torchfile 0.1.0 py_0 conda-forge
      torchvision 0.2.1 py36_1000 conda-forge
      tornado 5.1.1 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      tqdm 4.28.1 py_0 conda-forge
      traitlets 4.3.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
      twisted 18.9.0 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      twython 3.7.0 py_0 conda-forge
      typed-ast 1.1.0 py36_0 conda-forge
      unicodecsv 0.14.1 py_1 conda-forge
      unidecode 1.0.23 py36_0
      unixodbc 2.3.7 h14c3975_0
      urllib3 1.23 py36_1001 conda-forge
      visdom 0.1.8.5 0 conda-forge
      wcwidth 0.1.7 py_1 conda-forge
      webencodings 0.5.1 pypi_0 pypi
      websocket-client 0.54.0 py36_1000 conda-forge
      werkzeug 0.14.1 py_0 conda-forge
      wheel 0.32.2 py36_0 conda-forge
      widgetsnbextension 3.4.2 py36_1000 conda-forge
      wrapt 1.10.11 py36h470a237_1 conda-forge
      xlrd 1.1.0 py_2 conda-forge
      xlsxwriter 1.1.2 py_0 conda-forge
      xlwt 1.3.0 py_1 conda-forge
      xz 5.2.4 h14c3975_4
      yaml 0.1.7 had09818_2
      zeromq 4.2.5 hf484d3e_1
      zict 0.1.3 py_0 conda-forge
      zlib 1.2.11 ha838bed_2
      zope 1.0 py36_1
      zope.interface 4.6.0 py36h470a237_0 conda-forge
      zstd 1.3.7 h0b5b093_0


      conda env list:



      (base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda env list
      # conda environments:
      #
      base * /home/gpu-server/anaconda3


      Any help or insight about what could be wrong is appreciated.










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      I needed to update the matplotlib when I encountered the following error:



      conda update matplotlib
      Collecting package metadata: done
      Solving environment: done

      ## Package Plan ##

      environment location: /home/gpu-server/anaconda3

      added / updated specs:
      - matplotlib


      The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

      libopenblas pkgs/main/linux-64::libopenblas-0.3.3-h5a2b251_3
      setuptools pkgs/main/linux-64::setuptools-40.6.3-py37_0

      The following packages will be UPDATED:

      matplotlib conda-forge::matplotlib-3.0.0-2 --> pkgs/main::matplotlib-3.0.2-py37h5429711_0
      numpy conda-forge::numpy-1.15.1-py36_blas_o~ --> pkgs/main::numpy-1.15.4-py37h99e49ec_0
      numpy-base 1.15.3-py36h81de0dd_0 --> 1.15.4-py37h2f8d375_0
      pyparsing conda-forge/noarch::pyparsing-2.2.2-p~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pyparsing-2.3.1-py37_0
      python 3.6.8-h0371630_0 --> 3.7.2-h0371630_0
      pytz conda-forge/noarch::pytz-2018.6-py_0 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::pytz-2018.9-py37_0
      six conda-forge::six-1.11.0-py36_1001 --> pkgs/main::six-1.12.0-py37_0
      wheel conda-forge::wheel-0.32.2-py36_0 --> pkgs/main::wheel-0.32.3-py37_0

      The following packages will be SUPERSEDED by a higher-priority channel:

      certifi conda-forge::certifi-2018.11.29-py36_~ --> pkgs/main::certifi-2018.11.29-py37_0
      cycler conda-forge/noarch::cycler-0.10.0-py_1 --> pkgs/main/linux-64::cycler-0.10.0-py37_0
      kiwisolver conda-forge::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py36h2d~ --> pkgs/main::kiwisolver-1.0.1-py37hf484d3e_0
      pip conda-forge::pip-18.1-py36_1000 --> pkgs/main::pip-18.1-py37_0
      python-dateutil conda-forge/noarch::python-dateutil-2~ --> pkgs/main/linux-64::python-dateutil-2.7.5-py37_0
      sip conda-forge::sip-4.19.8-py36hfc679d8_0 --> pkgs/main::sip-4.19.8-py37hf484d3e_0
      tornado conda-forge::tornado-5.1.1-py36h470a2~ --> pkgs/main::tornado-5.1.1-py37h7b6447c_0

      The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:

      pyqt 5.9.2-py36h05f1152_2 --> 5.9.2-py37h05f1152_2


      Proceed ([y]/n)? y

      Preparing transaction: done
      Verifying transaction: failed

      RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
      conda's operating environment.


      After that I tried updating all conda packages, uninstalling matplotlib, installing setuptools with conda and I always get the same error:



      RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from
      conda's operating environment.


      It seems like anything to do with conda's install/update/remove functionality leads to this error.
      Then I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the setuptools with pip. Re-installation worked but the RemoveError persisted. I have no more clue of what is going on below is my conda list output and conda env list .I have also tried switching from the base environment but the error was still there.



      conda list:



      (base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda list
      # packages in environment at /home/gpu-server/anaconda3:
      #
      # Name Version Build Channel
      _ipyw_jlab_nb_ext_conf 0.1.0 py36_0
      absl-py 0.6.0 py36_0 conda-forge
      alabaster 0.7.12 py_0 conda-forge
      algopy 0.5.7 pypi_0 pypi
      anaconda-client 1.7.1 py_0 conda-forge
      anaconda-navigator 1.9.2 py36_0
      anaconda-project 0.8.2 py_1 conda-forge
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      conda env list:



      (base) gpu-server@gpuserver:~$ conda env list
      # conda environments:
      #
      base * /home/gpu-server/anaconda3


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          I think this issue in github may be related. This response mentions doing an update of conda using the force flag, which seemed to also work for users who reported that a normal update without the flag didn't work:



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          • I got the same error when trying this. I ended up reinstalling everything and then the issues were gone. Thanks for the tip though, that issue seems really similar and the solution might work for someone else.

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          I think this issue in github may be related. This response mentions doing an update of conda using the force flag, which seemed to also work for users who reported that a normal update without the flag didn't work:



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          conda update --force conda





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          I think this issue in github may be related. This response mentions doing an update of conda using the force flag, which seemed to also work for users who reported that a normal update without the flag didn't work:



          conda update --force conda






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