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anaconda symlink entrypoint can hide conda base environment plugins #235
Description
Description
When ana is bootstrapped, it installs a standalone environment with anaconda-cli-base, which defines the anaconda entrypoint. This is used when ana wraps existing subcommands implemented in Python and is part of our long-term gradual migration strategy.
However, because of PATH precedence, the ~/.ana/bin/anaconda entrypoint can pre-empty e.g. ~/miniconda3/bin/anaconda. This means that plugins installed into the base environment will be unknown by the former and will not work.
Steps to reproduce
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Expected behavior
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Actual behavior
Missing subcommand error would be raised.
Ana version
0.1.5
Operating system
macOS
Additional context
We will remove the symlink behavior to avoid this. Over time, we will more carefully deal with this divergence.
Activity
mattkram commentedon May 15, 2026
If anyone experiences this issue before we resolve it, the
~/.ana/bin/anacondaentrypoint symlink can be removed. To recover,ana tool install anaconda-cli.