Error when running : conda install --channel conda-forge cartopy

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What happened?

Error when running : conda install --channel conda-forge cartopy

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$ C:\..\..\..\..\..\Python39\Scripts\conda install --channel conda-forge cartopy

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\XX\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\install.py", line 201, in yield_lines
    with open(path) as fh:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Program Files\\Python39\\pkgs\\menuinst-1.4.18-py310h5588dad_1\\info\\has_prefix'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\install.py", line 209, in yield_lines
    raise StopIteration
StopIteration

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 405, in install
    execute_actions(actions, index, verbose=not context.quiet)
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\plan.py", line 643, in execute_actions
    inst.execute_instructions(plan, index, verbose)
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\instructions.py", line 134, in execute_instructions
    cmd(state, arg)
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\instructions.py", line 78, in LINK_CMD
    link(state['prefix'], dist, lt, index=state['index'])
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\install.py", line 943, in link
    has_prefix_files = read_has_prefix(join(info_dir, 'has_prefix'))
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\install.py", line 248, in read_has_prefix
    return {pr.filepath: (pr.placeholder, pr.filemode) for pr in parsed_lines}
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\install.py", line 248, in <dictcomp>
    return {pr.filepath: (pr.placeholder, pr.filemode) for pr in parsed_lines}
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\install.py", line 247, in <genexpr>
    parsed_lines = (parse_line(line) for line in yield_lines(path))
RuntimeError: generator raised StopIteration

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\exceptions.py", line 472, in conda_exception_handler
    return_value = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\cli\main.py", line 144, in _main
    exit_code = args.func(args, p)
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\cli\main_install.py", line 80, in execute
    install(args, parser, 'install')
  File "C:\Users\aleja\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\conda\cli\install.py", line 420, in install
    raise CondaRuntimeError('RuntimeError: %s' % e)
conda.exceptions.CondaRuntimeError: Runtime error: RuntimeError: generator raised StopIteration

Conda Info

platform : win-64
          conda version : 4.2.7
       conda is private : False
      conda-env version : 4.2.7
    conda-build version : not installed
         python version : 3.9.13.final.0
       requests version : 2.28.1
       root environment : C:\Program Files\Python39  (writable)
    default environment : C:\Program Files\Python39
       envs directories : C:\Program Files\Python39\envs
          package cache : C:\Program Files\Python39\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/
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/msys2/win-64/
                          https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/msys2/noarch/
            config file : None
           offline mode : False

Conda Config

No response

Conda list

# This file may be used to create an environment using:
# $ conda create --name <env> --file <this file>
# platform: win-64

Additional Context

No response

[mfansler]

Conda version is too old. Please upgrade.

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