ValueError: failed to parse CPython sys.version: '3.5.1 |Anaconda 2.4.1 (64-bit)

Question

I'm running into an error, I have installed anaconda on Windows7 64 bit.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Sanoop\Vayaktigat\Python\phard\ana2\src\ana2.py", line 1, in <module>
    import pandas
  File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
    import pandas.core.config_init
  File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\config_init.py", line 17, in <module>
    from pandas.core.format import detect_console_encoding
  File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\format.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pandas.core.index import Index, MultiIndex, _ensure_index
  File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\index.py", line 31, in <module>
    from pandas.io.common import PerformanceWarning
  File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\common.py", line 68, in <module>
    from boto.s3 import key
  File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\boto\__init__.py", line 49, in <module>
    platform.python_version(),
  File "C:\Python35\Lib\platform.py", line 1299, in python_version
    return _sys_version()[1]
  File "C:\Python35\Lib\platform.py", line 1252, in _sys_version
    repr(sys_version))
ValueError: failed to parse CPython sys.version: '3.5.1 |Anaconda 2.4.1 (64-bit)| (default, Dec  7 2015, 15:00:12) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]'

Python --version:

Python 3.5.1 :: Anaconda 2.4.1 (64-bit)

PS C:\Users\PVJD6386> conda info
Current conda install:

             platform : win-64
        conda version : 3.18.9
  conda-build version : 1.18.2
       python version : 3.5.1.final.0
     requests version : 2.9.0
     root environment : C:\Anaconda3  (writable)
  default environment : C:\Anaconda3
     envs directories : C:\Anaconda3\envs
        package cache : C:\Anaconda3\pkgs
         channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/win-64/
                        https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch/
                        https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/win-64/
                        https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch/
          config file : None
    is foreign system : False

I have tried to change platform.py file of anaconda from python35 platform.py file; but it did not worked.

Possible duplicate of [ValueError: failed to parse CPython sys.version after using conda command](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34145861/valueerror-failed-to-parse-cpython-sys-version-after-using-conda-command) — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Dec 16 '15 at 16:31
What fixed this for me on Windows 10 is to re-install pip using this SO answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12476379/863923 — Hamman Samuel, Jun 29 '16 at 21:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 02:20

I had the same problem and this was how I fixed it:

Uninstall Python, Anaconda and all other Libraries associated with Python
Restart Computer
Reinstall Anaconda with the version and bit you want
Restart Computer
Pip all the other libraries you need and update pip

That's it. For some reason Anaconda didn't like that there was already a version of Python on my computer and since it installs Python along with everything else, you don't need python separately.

ValueError: failed to parse CPython sys.version: '3.5.1 |Anaconda 2.4.1 (64-bit)

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