When you run `` `conda update --all``` from Anaconda Prompt on windows10
'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from conda's operating environment.
I will show you how to deal with it when the error is displayed.
The reason for this is that the update of Anaconda Navigator was not completed. As a result of trying the above command after seeing [How to update various things including Anaconda Navigator](http://coffeebreakscript.hatenablog.com/entry/2018/06/27/133028), this RemoveError came out. It was.
I will write in the order of the solved method and the unsolved method.
# The solution
```conda update --force conda```To run
After that, when I opened Anaconda Navigator and updated Anaconda Navigator from the pop-up, the appde that did not seem to end earlier was completed immediately.
Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54392995/removeerror-requests-is-a-dependency-of-conda-and-cannot-be-removed-from-cond
# How it didn't work
* Execute `` `conda update conda```
* Run `` `conda install -c anaconda setuptools` ``
* Run ``` conda update anaconda-navigator```
All of them got a RemoveError and couldn't update.
# Summary
After all, adding the `` `--force``` option worked, but I'm not sure if it was the right way to go. Also, it's a solution without knowing what setuptools is.
When I executed it with the force option, the content that the force option disappeared soon appeared on the prompt screen, so if that happens, may I need to take another action?