conda update CondaHTTPError: HTTP None

Question

Midway through running Conda Update --all, the update stalled. Multiple packages had been updated. Now, when I run conda update --all or conda update conda, I get this response:

(C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3) C:\Users\*****>conda update conda
Fetching package metadata ...

CondaHTTPError: HTTP None None for url <None>
Elapsed: None

An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.
SSLError(SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: Error([('SSL routines', 'ssl3_get_server_certificate', 'certificate verify failed')],)",),),)

I've repeated conda update conda over multiple days, with no change in results. I can see there is no HTTP, however conda info --a shows channel URLs.

(C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3) C:\Users\*****>conda info -a
Current conda install:

           platform : win-64
      conda version : 4.3.13
   conda is private : False
  conda-env version : 4.3.13
conda-build version : 2.1.5
     python version : 3.5.3.final.0
   requests version : 2.13.0
   root environment : C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3  (writable)
default environment : C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3
   envs directories : C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\envs
                      C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\conda\conda\envs
                      C:\Users\*****\.conda\envs
      package cache : C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\pkgs
                      C:\Users\*****\AppData\Local\conda\conda\pkgs
       channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda-fusion/win-64
                      https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda-fusion/noarch
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/win-64
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/win-64
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/noarch
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/win-64
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/msys2/win-64
                      https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/msys2/noarch
        config file : C:\Users\*****\.condarc
       offline mode : False
         user-agent : conda/4.3.13 requests/2.13.0 CPython/3.5.3 Windows/7 Windows/6.1.7601

How do I get conda update to call a correct HTTP address?

Answer 1

Use the code below in your command line :

conda config --set ssl_verify no