Installing Anaconda on Mint 19.3
by David@ROOTT.co.uk from LinuxQuestions.org on (#50SWK)
So near and yet so far....
I have installed the bash file, added the PATH, run Anaconda-Navigator and the installation process has started with the green "snake" icon. It gets to the point when the text on the snake is "Loading Applications..." and then the process hangs. The following text is the last visible in the terminal at this point.
File "/home/david/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/anaconda_navigator/api/external_apps/vscode.py", line 168, in _find_linux_install_dir
if DISTRO_NAME in ['ubuntu', 'debian']:
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'DISTRO_NAME' referenced before assignment
If anyone can shed some light on this issue, I would be most grateful.
Thank you in anticipation
David R.
Hardware: Dell Inspiron 15R
Op Sys: Mint 19.3 dual booting with Windows 10


I have installed the bash file, added the PATH, run Anaconda-Navigator and the installation process has started with the green "snake" icon. It gets to the point when the text on the snake is "Loading Applications..." and then the process hangs. The following text is the last visible in the terminal at this point.
File "/home/david/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/anaconda_navigator/api/external_apps/vscode.py", line 168, in _find_linux_install_dir
if DISTRO_NAME in ['ubuntu', 'debian']:
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'DISTRO_NAME' referenced before assignment
If anyone can shed some light on this issue, I would be most grateful.
Thank you in anticipation
David R.
Hardware: Dell Inspiron 15R
Op Sys: Mint 19.3 dual booting with Windows 10