Error: 'conda' can only be installed into the root environment
<p>I am getting the following error when I try to install the python package seaborn:</p>

<pre><code>conda install --name dato-env seaborn
Error: 'conda' can only be installed into the root environment
</code></pre>

<p>This, of course, is puzzling because I am not trying to install conda.  I am trying to install seaborn.</p>

<p>This is my setup. I have 3 python environments:</p>

<ul>
<li>dato-env </li>
<li>py35</li>
<li>root</li>
</ul>

<p>I <strong>successfully</strong> installed seaborn previously (with the command <code>conda install seaborn</code>), but it installed in the root environment (and is not available to my iPython notebooks which are using the dato-env).</p>

<p>I tried to install seaborn in the dato-env environment so that it would be available to my iPython notebook code, but I keep getting the above error saying that I must install <strong><em>conda</em></strong> in the root environment.  (conda is installed in the root environment)</p>

<p>How do I successfully install seaborn into my dato-env?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any assistance.</p>

<p>Edit:</p>

<pre><code>&gt; conda --version
conda 4.0.5
&gt; conda env list
dato-env              *  /Users/*******/anaconda/envs/dato-env
py35                     /Users/*******/anaconda/envs/py35
root                     /Users/*******/anaconda
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