Wrong installation when Anaconda already installed

[ajdapretnar]

Orange version

3.17.0

Expected behavior

The Miniconda installer creates a separate virtual environment when installing Orange.

Actual behavior

Installation fails to create a proper venv when Anaconda already installed on the system. Then Orange runs with pip and cannot install certain add-ons.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Have Anaconda installed previously!!! Then install Orange Miniconda .exe on top of it. Orange does not begin installing a new Python, since Anaconda is already installed. But the new environment is not where one would expect and CMD is not working properly.

Additional info (worksheets, data, screenshots, ...)

[ajdapretnar]

It seems like Orange recognized Anaconda being installed, but it did not create a new virtual environment. Consequently, add-ons are installed directly with pip (and fail). I might be wrong, but searching for a conda environment doesn't produce any results.

[ajdapretnar]

@ales-erjavec @acopar Could you please have a look?

[ales-erjavec]

Which version of conda is installed in the base environment?

[ajdapretnar]

Huh, whatever comes with the latest Anaconda distribution. I did a fresh installation of both Anaconda and Orange.