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CLARIFICATION.

I am not trying to use conda, much less reinstall it. My question is about a behaviour that I don't understand.

THE BEHAVIOUR.

Some time ago I (must have) uninstalled conda, and indeed: 

conda list
bash: conda: command not found

Now, when I start typing "anaconda" in spotlight, it finds "anaconda-navigator". Not surprisingly, when I press enter, it gives me a "The application “Anaconda-Navigator” can’t be opened."

This shows that something has been left behind during the (manual) uninstall, but that is another issue.

MY QUESTION.

Where does spotlight find this anaconda-navigator?

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  • You can verify from Terminal: conda list should list all packages available, and, if it is not listed, just conda install anaconda-navigator since that is a python application.
    – Yoan
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 14:33
  • I uninstalled, so that conda list returns bash: conda: command not found. I am clarifying in my question that I am not trying to use conda, in fact I want to completely remove it from my system.
    – Antoine
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 14:42
  • Somewhat off topic, but I'm having the opposite problem: Spotlight doesn't see Anaconda.
    – Drewdavid
    Commented Oct 11, 2021 at 18:35

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Go to Finder → Applications and find Anaconda-Navigator.app. It should be an alias. Right click on it and click on "Show original" .

For proper uninstall

Anaconda-Clean must be run before simple remove. Install the Anaconda-Clean package from Anaconda Prompt (terminal on Linux or macOS):

conda install anaconda-clean.

In the same window, run one of these commands:

Remove all Anaconda-related files and directories with a confirmation prompt before deleting each one:

anaconda-clean

Or, remove all Anaconda-related files and directories without being prompted to delete each one:

anaconda-clean --yes

Anaconda-Clean creates a backup of all files and directories that might be removed in a folder named .anaconda_backup in your home directory. Also note that Anaconda-Clean leaves your data files in the AnacondaProjects directory untouched. After using Anaconda-Clean

delete the folder where the installation previously was. It should be named anaconda3 or anaconda2 etc.,

https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/

But since you don't have conda, seen by "command not found" deleting the remnant files can be done using apps like EasyFind.

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  • Why did I not think of looking via Finder? At any rate, I found Anaconda-Navigator.app, right-clicked and selected "Show original", and it gave me a message that it could not open it (I should have taken a precise note of it.). It appeared to be a link/alias(?), so I deleted it. Unfortunately the problem seems to persist: spotlight still finds 'anaconda-navigator'... Do I need to restart to see changes?
    – Antoine
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 15:05
  • Use easyfind app and scan your laptop
    – anki
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 15:10
  • I thought I would try with a bash command, find /* -name "*anaconda-navigator.app*" but it doesn't return anything (other than a number of Operation not permitted). Does easyfind do anything that the bash command find cannot?
    – Antoine
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 16:26
  • I just find all the listing, "revealing in Finder" and deleting made easier.
    – anki
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 20:54

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