Conda update failed: SSL error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

Question 1

Conda update failed: SSL error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

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Dendi Suhubdy · Nov 13, 2015 · Viewed 112.6k times · Source

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according to @jreback here https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/1166

conda config --set ssl_verify false

will turn off this feature, e.g. here

Question 2

I found out that there was a problem when I tried doing

conda update <package>

Terminal output

conda update bokeh Fetching package metadata: SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) .SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) .SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) .SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) . Solving package specifications: . Package plan for installation in environment //anaconda:

The following packages will be downloaded:
package                    |            build
---------------------------|-----------------
decorator-4.0.2            |           py27_0          11 KB
ipython_genutils-0.1.0     |           py27_0          32 KB
path.py-8.1.1              |           py27_0          45 KB
pexpect-3.3                |           py27_0          60 KB
pickleshare-0.5            |           py27_0           8 KB
simplegeneric-0.8.1        |           py27_0           6 KB
traitlets-4.0.0            |           py27_0          88 KB
ipython-4.0.0              |           py27_0         916 KB
jinja2-2.8                 |           py27_0         263 KB
tornado-4.2.1              |           py27_0         515 KB
bokeh-0.9.3                |       np19py27_0        14.3 MB
------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Total:        16.2 MB
The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:
ipython_genutils: 0.1.0-py27_0    
path.py:          8.1.1-py27_0    
pexpect:          3.3-py27_0      
pickleshare:      0.5-py27_0      
simplegeneric:    0.8.1-py27_0    
traitlets:        4.0.0-py27_0    
The following packages will be UPDATED:
bokeh:            0.9.0-np19py27_0 --> 0.9.3-np19py27_0
decorator:        3.4.2-py27_0     --> 4.0.2-py27_0    
ipython:          3.2.0-py27_0     --> 4.0.0-py27_0    
jinja2:           2.7.3-py27_1     --> 2.8-py27_0      
tornado:          4.2-py27_0       --> 4.2.1-py27_0    
Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Fetching packages ... Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/decorator-4.0.2-py27_0.tar.bz2 Error: Connection error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590): https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/decorator-4.0.2-py27_0.tar.bz2

dendisuhubdy:finalproject dendisuhubdy$ brew link --force openssl Linking /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2d_1... 1548 symlinks created dendisuhubdy:finalproject dendisuhubdy$ conda update bokeh Fetching package metadata: SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) .SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) .SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) .SSL verification error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590) . Solving package specifications: . Package plan for installation in environment //anaconda:

The following packages will be downloaded:
package                    |            build
---------------------------|-----------------
decorator-4.0.2            |           py27_0          11 KB
ipython_genutils-0.1.0     |           py27_0          32 KB
path.py-8.1.1              |           py27_0          45 KB
pexpect-3.3                |           py27_0          60 KB
pickleshare-0.5            |           py27_0           8 KB
simplegeneric-0.8.1        |           py27_0           6 KB
traitlets-4.0.0            |           py27_0          88 KB
ipython-4.0.0              |           py27_0         916 KB
jinja2-2.8                 |           py27_0         263 KB
tornado-4.2.1              |           py27_0         515 KB
bokeh-0.9.3                |       np19py27_0        14.3 MB
------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Total:        16.2 MB
The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:
ipython_genutils: 0.1.0-py27_0    
path.py:          8.1.1-py27_0    
pexpect:          3.3-py27_0      
pickleshare:      0.5-py27_0      
simplegeneric:    0.8.1-py27_0    
traitlets:        4.0.0-py27_0    
The following packages will be UPDATED:
bokeh:            0.9.0-np19py27_0 --> 0.9.3-np19py27_0
decorator:        3.4.2-py27_0     --> 4.0.2-py27_0    
ipython:          3.2.0-py27_0     --> 4.0.0-py27_0    
jinja2:           2.7.3-py27_1     --> 2.8-py27_0      
tornado:          4.2-py27_0       --> 4.2.1-py27_0    
Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Fetching packages ... Could not connect to https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/decorator-4.0.2-py27_0.tar.bz2 Error: Connection error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:590): https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64/decorator-4.0.2-py27_0.tar.bz2

Please advise what I need to do to overcome this message!

Conda update failed: SSL error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

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