After updating miniconda3, whenever I open a terminal it shows "(base)" in front of my username and host.
In this answer post https://askubuntu.com/a/1113206/315699 it was suggested to use
conda config --set changeps1 False
To remove it.
But that would remove the indication for any conda environment. I would like to remove it only for the base one, so that I can maintain it always active and have access to its python and installed packages without having to always see this (base) taking up space.
Use the base
env's activation hook
For each env, any scripts in the etc/conda/activate.d
directory will be executed post-activation (likewise etc/conda/deactivate.d
scripts for deactivation). If you add a script to remove the (base)
, similar to @ewindes suggestion, you'll get the behavior you desire.
I had to create this directory for base, which is just the root of your Anaconda/Miniconda folder. E.g.,
mkdir -p miniconda3/etc/conda/activate.d
Then made a simple file in there (e.g., remove_base_ps1.sh
) with one line:
PS1="$(echo "$PS1" | sed 's/(base) //') "
Launching a new shell then does not show (base)
, and deactivating out of nested envs also takes care of the PS1 change.
Note: You must add quotes around $PS1 if you want to preserve ending spaces.
That's because conda's base environment is activated on startup.
To set the auto_activate_base parameter to false, type:
conda config --set auto_activate_base false
You could add a command to your .bashrc to remove the "(base)" string from PS1:
PS1=$(echo $PS1 | sed 's/(base)//')
If you are using Mac just HardReset the terminal.
Open Terminal > Shell > Hard Reset
It works for me.