title: Cannot install miniconda on Mint Linux
body: <p>I downloaded miniconda <code>Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh</code> on the web site this morning (Nov. 18).<br>
  I was able to install it on CentOS 8, but not Mint Linux 19.1.</p>
  
  <p>Error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ./Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh 
  
  Welcome to Miniconda3 4.7.12
  
  In order to continue the installation process, please review the license agreement. Please, press ENTER to continue
  &gt;&gt;&gt; 
          LICENSE TEXT REMOVED &lt;----------------------
  
  Do you accept the license terms? [yes|no] [no] &gt;&gt;&gt; yes
  
  Miniconda3 will now be installed into this location: /home/USER/miniconda3
  
    - Press ENTER to confirm the location
    - Press CTRL-C to abort the installation
    - Or specify a different location below
  
  [/home/USER/miniconda3] &gt;&gt;&gt; /home/USER/miniconda3-linux PREFIX=/home/USER/miniconda3-linux 
  Unpacking payload ... 
  concurrent.futures.process._RemoteTraceback:                           
  ''' Traceback (most recent call last):   
      File "concurrent/futures/process.py", line 367, in _queue_management_worker 
      File "multiprocessing/connection.py", line 251, in recv TypeError:
  __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'msg' '''
  
  The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):   
    File "entry_point.py", line 76, in &lt;module&gt;   
    File "concurrent/futures/process.py", line 483, in
  _chain_from_iterable_of_lists   
    File "concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 598, in result_iterator   
    File "concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 435, in result   
    File "concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 384, in
  __get_result concurrent.futures.process.BrokenProcessPool: A process in the process pool was terminated abruptly 
    while the future was running or pending. [3596] Failed to execute script entry_point
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I tried:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>since the default python link (/usr/bin/python) pointed to 2.7, I replaced the link to point to 3.6.  No help there.</li>
  <li>Mint $(uname -a):Linux mb-mint19 4.15.0-55-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 2 18:22:20 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</li>
  <li>Mint version: 19.1 (Tessa)</li>
  <li>CentOS $(uname -a): Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-80.11.2.el8_0.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 24 11:32:19 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux</li>
  <li>CentOS version: 8 (Core)</li>
  <li>I looked at the code but did not find the error in these Python files (I am not a guru with Python).</li>
  </ul>