conda has deps on nbformat, not included in miniconda #4796
Description
If someone installs miniconda and then attempts to do conda env attach they are going to be disappointed because nbformat is not included in miniconda. I don't think it should be, but then perhaps conda env attach should be prepared to say "sorry, you can't execute this command with just miniconda -- "conda install nbformat" if you like and try again". The conda error page doesn't make it clear what the problem is or what the solution might be.
conda env attach -r ijstokes/tf_digits tensorflow.ipynb
Environment None will be attach into tensorflow.ipynb
An unexpected error has occurred.
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Current conda install:
platform : linux-64
conda version : 4.2.13
conda is private : False
conda-env version : 4.2.13
conda-build version : not installed
python version : 3.5.2.final.0
requests version : 2.9.1
root environment : /home/demo/miniconda3 (writable)
default environment : /projects/demo/deeplearn/envs/dnn
envs directories : /projects/demo/deeplearn/envs
/home/demo/miniconda3/envs
package cache : /projects/demo/deeplearn/envs/.pkgs
/home/demo/miniconda3/pkgs
channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/linux-64
https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch
https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/linux-64
https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch
config file : /projects/demo/deeplearn/.condarc
offline mode : False
`$ /home/demo/miniconda3/bin/conda-env attach -r ijstokes/tf_digits tensorflow.i
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/demo/miniconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda/exceptions.p
return_value = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/home/demo/miniconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda_env/cli/main
nb = Notebook(args.notebook)
File "/home/demo/miniconda3/lib/python3.5/site-packages/conda_env/utils/no
raise NBFormatNotInstalled
conda_env.exceptions.NBFormatNotInstalled: Runtime error: nbformat is not in
conda install nbformat