Installing networkx v2.4 for python3.7 via anaconda on Windows 10

Question

I installed Anaconda3 (version 2019.10-Windowsx86_64) on my PC last week. It comes with networkx v2.3, but I would like to upgrade to v2.4, which should be available on Anaconda according to conda search and Anaconda's website.

I first tried the Anaconda navigator, but can't get it to work. It indicates that networkx can be updated. However, when I click Apply the navigator spends a bit of time "solving package specifications" and then gives me the empty pop-up shown below.

I also tried using conda prompt. Using conda install networkx, conda update networkx, conda install -c anaconda networkx does not result in v2.4 being installed. I also tried conda install networkx=2.4, which takes forever and then reports a very long list of package conflicts. I find this confusing because I just installed Anaconda and haven't tampered with any configs yet.

Grateful for any help on understanding what is going on and how I can attempt to fix it!

Answer 1

Try this:

pip install --upgrade networkx