@@ -146,20 +146,21 @@ Mac and Linux:
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147147 2. Follow the instructions.
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149- 3. At the end of the installation, it will ask if you want to add the
150- miniconda3 path to your bash environment. If you are unsure what to do,
151- you should say "yes". If you say "no", we're going to assume you know
152- what you are doing.
153-
154- If you said "yes", then once you restart your shell, the miniconda3 Python
155- will be found instead of the system Python when you type the "python"
156- command. If you want to undo this later, then you can edit
157- either ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc (depending on OS used) and
158- comment out the line that looks similar to::
159-
160- # added by Miniconda3 x.x.x installer
161- export PATH="/path/to/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
162-
149+ 3. At the end of the installation, it will ask if you "wish the installer to
150+ initialize Miniconda3". If you are unsure what to do, you should say "yes".
151+ If you say "no", we're going to assume you know what you are doing.
152+
153+ If you said "yes", then once you restart your shell, the "base" conda environment
154+ will be activated by default and the miniconda3 Python will be found instead
155+ of the system Python when you type the "python" command. If you want to undo
156+ this later, then you can run the following "conda" command::
157+
158+ conda config --set auto_activate_base false
159+
160+ Note that this will not affect your ability to run "conda" commands, it will just
161+ prevent the miniconda3 Python from overriding any existing Python environments you
162+ may already have on your machine.
163+
163164 4. Restart your command terminal.
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165166 5. [Linux and Mac Users Only] Miniconda only works with bash. If bash is
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