Conda update fails with SSL error CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED

Conda needs to know where to find you SSL certificate store.

conda config --set ssl_verify <pathToYourFile>.crt

No need to disable SSL verification.

This command add a line to your $HOME/.condarc file or %USERPROFILE%\.condarc file on Windows that looks like:

ssl_verify: <pathToYourFile>.crt

If you leave your organization’s network, you can just comment out that line in .condarc with a # and uncomment when you return.

If it still doesn’t work, make sure that you are using the latest version of curl, checking both the conda-forge and anaconda channels.

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