title: Use Anaconda Navigator with Miniconda's `conda`
body: <p>I use miniconda due to SSD disk space considerations.</p>
  
  <p>Both miniconda and anaconda use <code>conda</code> as the underlying package manager.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to use <a href="http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/navigator/" rel="noreferrer">Anaconda's Navigator</a> package manager to manage <code>conda</code> as installed by miniconda?</p>
  
  <p>If not, is there any GUI to miniconda's <code>conda</code>?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://anaconda.org/anaconda/anaconda-navigator" rel="noreferrer">This page</a> says to install <code>anaconda-navigator</code> by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda install -c anaconda anaconda-navigator
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The failure log is below:</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <pre><code>% conda install -c anaconda anaconda-navigator --dry-run                                                                                                                13.8s | 18-10-18 15:42:07
  Solving environment: failed
  
  # &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; ERROR REPORT &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 227, in _load
          mod_etag_headers.get('_mod'))
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 574, in fetch_repodata_remote_request
          raise Response304ContentUnchanged()
      conda.core.subdir_data.Response304ContentUnchanged
  
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/exceptions.py", line 819, in __call__
          return func(*args, **kwargs)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py", line 78, in _main
          exit_code = do_call(args, p)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/cli/conda_argparse.py", line 77, in do_call
          exit_code = getattr(module, func_name)(args, parser)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main_install.py", line 11, in execute
          install(args, parser, 'install')
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/cli/install.py", line 235, in install
          force_reinstall=context.force,
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 518, in solve_for_transaction
          force_remove, force_reinstall)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 451, in solve_for_diff
          final_precs = self.solve_final_state(deps_modifier, prune, ignore_pinned, force_remove)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 180, in solve_final_state
          index, r = self._prepare(prepared_specs)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/solve.py", line 592, in _prepare
          self.subdirs, prepared_specs)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/index.py", line 215, in get_reduced_index
          new_records = query_all(spec)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/index.py", line 184, in query_all
          return tuple(concat(future.result() for future in as_completed(futures)))
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 95, in query
          self.load()
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 149, in load
          _internal_state = self._load()
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 233, in _load
          mod_etag_headers.get('_mod'))
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 280, in _read_local_repdata
          _internal_state = self._process_raw_repodata_str(raw_repodata_str)
        File "/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/conda/core/subdir_data.py", line 369, in _process_raw_repodata_str
          info['fn'] = fn
      TypeError: 'NoneType' object does not support item assignment
  
  `$ /home/ravi/bin/conda install -c anaconda anaconda-navigator --dry-run`
  
    environment variables:
                   CIO_TEST=&lt;not set&gt;
                 CONDA_ROOT=/home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3
                   GEM_PATH=/usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.5.0:/home/ravi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3:/home/ravi/.gem/ru
                            by/2.3.3:/home/ravi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3:/home/ravi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3
         GLADE_CATALOG_PATH=:
          GLADE_MODULE_PATH=:
          GLADE_PIXMAP_PATH=:
                     GOPATH=/home/ravi/.local/share/go
                LADSPA_PATH=/usr/lib/ladspa:/usr/lib/ladspa
            MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
                       PATH=/home/ravi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3/bin:/home/ravi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3/bin:/home/ra
                            vi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3/bin:/home/ravi/bin:/home/ravi/.local/share/minicond
                            a3/bin:/home/ravi/.local/share/virtualenvs/py3/bin:/home/ravi/.local/s
                            hare/npm/bin:/home/ravi/.local/share/go/bin:/home/ravi/.gem/ruby/2.3.3
                            /bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/jvm/default
                            /bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/usr/l
                            ib/systemd:/home/ravi/.cabal/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/sit
                            e_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
             PYTHONUSERBASE=/home/ravi/.local/share/python
         REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=&lt;not set&gt;
              SSL_CERT_FILE=&lt;not set&gt;
   TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH=/home/ravi/.local/share/tmux/plugins/
              XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
           XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
  
       active environment : None
         user config file : /home/ravi/.condarc
   populated config files : /home/ravi/.condarc
            conda version : 4.5.11
      conda-build version : not installed
           python version : 3.7.0.final.0
         base environment : /home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3  (writable)
             channel URLs : https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda/linux-64
                            https://conda.anaconda.org/anaconda/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/linux-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/linux-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/linux-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/linux-64
                            https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/noarch
            package cache : /home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/pkgs
                            /home/ravi/.conda/pkgs
         envs directories : /home/ravi/.local/share/miniconda3/envs
                            /home/ravi/.conda/envs
                 platform : linux-64
               user-agent : conda/4.5.11 requests/2.19.1 CPython/3.7.0 Linux/4.16.18-1-MANJARO manjaro/18.0.0-rc glibc/2.28
                  UID:GID : 1000:1000
               netrc file : /home/ravi/.netrc
             offline mode : False
  
  
  An unexpected error has occurred. Conda has prepared the above report.
  Upload successful.
  </code></pre>