Anaconda Python causing slow terminal startup/prompt

I recently installed Anconda Python on my Linux Mint 19.0 desktop. Actually, I had it installed before and everything worked great, same as with my Mint 19.0 laptop. However, I recently had to wipe my desktop and reinstall everything. Now, whenever I open the Terminal program, the prompt takes several seconds to appear. I've added set -x, set +x to the beginning and end of my bash profile to diagnose where the slowdown is.

The terminal load hangs on this line:

/home/auerilas/anaconda3/bin/conda shell.bash hook

for a few seconds. It's never done this before and doesn't do it on my other computer. Any thoughts on why this is happening? It's not a deal-breaker, but it is annoying.

I had the same problem and I solved it by recovering my old .bashrc file then I can load the bash configuration file of Anaconda whenever I need it.

To achieve this , follow these steps

1. Rename your current .bashrc file to something like conda.bashrc by executing these commands in your terminal

cd ~
mv .bashrc conda.bashrc
mv .bashrc-anaconda3.bak .bashrc

2. Now, you have to define a custom command in your .bashrc file so it can load Anaconda only when you need it, to do so first you need to open your .bashrc file in a text editor

gedit .bashrc

3. Add the following lines to end of your .bashrc so it can load the other conda.bashrc file which contain anaconda package configurations

alias anaconda='source  ~/.conda.bashrc'

4. save .bashrc with the above mentioned edits and type in your terminal window

source .bashrc

5. now you can load anaconda by simply typing anaconda in your terminal window

anaconda