title: Anaconda on Ubuntu - Error in permission to update using conda command
body: <p>On my laptop on windows 8.1 I have vmware and ubuntu 16.4 installed.</p>
  
  <p>I recently installed Anaconda 2.7 (x64) on it. The directory where anaconda is installed, is:</p>
  
  <pre><code> /home/anaconda2/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I tried to use the following command to update packages, I got errors as mentioned below:</p>
  
  <pre><code> conda update --all
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Error</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code> Error: Missing write permissions in: /home/anaconda2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to use <strong>sudo</strong> and also tried by writing following permission under <strong>visudo</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>madhu ALL=(ALL:ALL)  ALL
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Nothing worked....</strong></p>
  
  <p>Can someone please help me?</p>