topic Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0 in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

DimasUga — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:52:14 GMT

permissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Program Files\\ArcGIS\\Pro\\bin\\Python\\envs\\arcgispro-py3\\etc\\jupyter\\jupyter_notebook_config.json'

return code: 1

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Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

DanPatterson — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:46:33 GMT

Are you using the package manager to clone?

Do you have admin rights on your machine?

What is the path you are trying to clone to?

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

Danvey — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:45:00 GMT

Did you ever solve this? I am receiving the same error.

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

Danvey — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:39:50 GMT

I opened an instance of the jupyter notebook prior to cloning the environment and that worked for me.

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

DMOB17 — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:23:01 GMT

I had this same error.

Before anyone having this error tries to completely uninstall and reinstall ArcGIS Pro (which is likely what tech support will ask you to do and won't work) I'd recommend cloning your default environment directly from the python command prompt. It's easy and just takes a minute. Simply run your python command prompt as an administrator by going to Start>ArcGIS>Python Command Prompt. Once running you will see your active Python environment listed.

Simply enter

conda create --clone <environment to clone>  --name <new environment name>

for your <environment to clone> value, just enter the same active python environment that is already listed in the command prompt (ex: arcgispro-py3)

You can name your new environment whatever you'd like to call it.

press enter and wait while this new environment clones. Hopefully you will be able to successfully clone your default environment this way. When this is done running you can reload Pro and you should see your new environment listed. You can add modules or manipulate this environment as needed. You should also be able to clone this new environment directly from Pro moving forward.

Hopefully this helps.

I'm not sure what I did with Jupyter Notebook that messed things up but since cloning a Python environment is something I hardly ever do, this workaround is fine for me.

https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000020560

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

JohnZastrow — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:19 GMT

@DMOB17 , Thanks. This worked for me. Except it cloned it right back into C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\clone1_arcgispro_py3

I preferred it when it tried to clone it to C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\clone1_arcgispro_py3. From the command line I get the following:

CondaValueError: Invalid environment name: 'C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\arcgispro-py3-clone' Characters not allowed: ('/', ' ', ':', '#')

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Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

KrOstir — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:29:35 GMT

I am not sure if this is the solution, but I managed to clone the environment before opening any project in ArcGIS. Just go to Settings at the startup screen, choose Package Manager and cloning works (at least for me).

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

Chris_Kell — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:10:01 GMT

It works, thanks!

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

ColinEdgar — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:03:11 GMT

you can clone wherever you want by using -p instead of --name

conda create --clone <environment to clone>  -p <new environment path>

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

JessicaTreanton — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:46:12 GMT

My hero!

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

mabdulhadi — Fri, 26 May 2023 06:05:33 GMT

Running ArcGIS Pro as an administrator helped me.

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

StephaniePhillips-MG — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:55:02 GMT

Worked for me! Thank you! Great, simple soluton!

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

Bisiano — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 08:25:55 GMT

This worked for me. Thank you

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

TylerGraham2 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:02:52 GMT

I was having the same issue after our offices upgraded to Pro 3.1 and this worked for cloning the python environment.

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

CherieBryant — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 04:23:29 GMT

Worked for me too. Thanks for posting this!

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

CodyBlack — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:45:16 GMT

It might not be the kosher way to do it, but I went to the location of the environment in my computer's file directory and copied it and it worked.

Re: Cannot Clone Environment ArcGIS Pro 3.0

OscarFitzpatrick — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:00:52 GMT

For anyone who doesn't use command prompt very often like me, you need to remove the angle brackets. Your syntax should look something like this:

conda create --clone C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3 --name Py3_Clone