Anaconda won't start in my Mac terminal(ZSH)

[liqimore]

while i click on open terminal in Anaconda Navigator,i got this error:

Last login: Thu Jun  1 16:31:16 on ttys001
/Users/Qi/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool ; exit;

# Qi @ 😃  in ~ [16:32:37] 
$ /Users/xxx/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool ; exit;
/Users/xxx/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/Users/xxx/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool: line 1: `bash --init-file <(echo "source activate /Users/xxx/anaconda/anaconda;")'

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system info:

$ conda info
Current conda install:

               platform : osx-64
          conda version : 4.3.21
       conda is private : False
      conda-env version : 4.3.21
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.6.1.final.0
       requests version : 2.14.2
       root environment : /Users/xxx/anaconda/anaconda  (writable)
    default environment : /Users/xxx/anaconda/anaconda
       envs directories : /Users/xxxx/anaconda/anaconda/envs
                          /Users/xxx/.conda/envs
          package cache : /Users/Qi/anaconda/anaconda/pkgs
                          /Users/xxx/.conda/pkgs
           channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/osx-64
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/osx-64
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/noarch
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/osx-64
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch
            config file : /Users/xxx/.condarc
             netrc file : None
           offline mode : False
             user-agent : conda/4.3.21 requests/2.14.2 CPython/3.6.1 Darwin/15.6.0 OSX/10.11.6
                UID:GID : 501:20

MacOS is currently at version 10.11.6 (15G1217)
I reinstalled serval times, but keep getting this error.don't what's wrong with it
i found this and tried, but not working
https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!topic/anaconda/GsXlOi48d7Y

[goanpeca]

@martindurant do you have idea of what is going on?

[goanpeca]

If you open ipython you see the same problem?

[martindurant]

The message suggests that the bash syntax in the temporary script is not valid in zsh. I've never used zsh... What surprises me, is that the same file apparently calls a different shell interpreter depending on your setup. Is there a way in darwin to be specific?
(for the record, osx provided by far the most problems in this regard)

[goanpeca]

Ohh, @liqimore ok we only support bash (on OSX)!

[liqimore]

Thanks guys! I'v figured it out and yes, It only support bash on OSX.I tried oh-my-zsh(fish) and something else, None of these works.Bash is the only one that works on my machine.It might because the syntax difference between bash and other shells.
And way, Thanks!

[goanpeca]

@liqimore we will introduce a more general syntax for version 1.6.3 so that it should work on most other terminals :-)

[goanpeca]

Issue moved to ContinuumIO/navigator #1229 via ZenHub

[Evanqiao]

@liqimore I have the problem too. I find that using "chsh -s /bin/bash" switch sh to bash can makeAnaconda Navigator work. Then I can also use "chsh -s /bin/zsh" to switch sh to zsh.

[DaehyunPY]

a.tool file seems like generated every time before it called; and the contents is just a line bash --init-file <(echo "source activate PATH_TO_ANACONDA;"). Why don't we just add #!/bin/bash before the line when the file will be generated. Then it should work on any shells.

[martindurant]

cc @goanpeca

[af001]

Quick fix is to change shells before opening the terminal for your environment:

chsh -s /bin/bash

+1 to @Evanqiao solution

[heitaoq66]

This problem is a problem with the zsh environment variable, the solution
echo 'source ~/.bash_profile' >> ~/.zshrc
Append the bash environment variable to zsh

[frank890417]

@heitaoq66 Solved like a charm when using ZSH!

[ck244]

I found that sourcing .bash_profile was preventing me from running zsh at all, so I just appended export PATH="/Users/(username)/anaconda/bin:$PATH" to my .zshrc file and that worked.

[lporras]

I found this post that helped me:
https://medium.com/@sumitmenon/how-to-get-anaconda-to-work-with-oh-my-zsh-on-mac-os-x-7c1c7247d896

[stings8]

the @ck244 solution worked for me

[DrMcQ]

I have the same issue and I couldn't figure it out. I couldn't update anything in Anaconda. When I opened the terminal, it asked me to change the shell to ZSH. I did so. Then, the following issue happened. I have tried to change the shell to BASH, yet still doesn't work.

Last login: Tue Oct 22 16:11:48 on ttys000
/Users/yulin/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool ; exit;
lin@Dr ~ % /Users/lin/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool ; exit;
/Users/lin/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token (' /Users/lin/.anaconda/navigator/a.tool: line 1: bash --init-file <(echo "source activate /opt/anaconda3;")'

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[vin-ni]

I hat to conda init zsh to get conda to work with the shell