what does '(base)' means in linux terminal
 

Hello everyone,
could you please specify what does '(base)' means in linux terminal next to command promt?

E.g.: (base) [root@localhost ~]#

Many thanks,

Hi DruKa, and welcome to LQ.

It's always useful to give some background when asking questions. For example, which distro (and version) of Linux are you using?

Thanks, hydrurga :) The machine is running on Centos 7.

Is that a chroot environment?

Thanks. I'm not a user of CentOS - someone who is will probably be a far greater help to you.

However, you should be able to have a look at your current command line prompt string structure with the following (please paste the results):

here it is:
(base) [root@localhost exp-Endophytes]# echo $PS1
(base) [\u@\h \W]\$

hey zeebra, I'm new to linux, could you please specify what is chroot environment? :)
Many thanks,

It could refer to the "base" software repository, if you're talking about software packages. That software repository contains things like the system itself, and is therefore essential.

Thanks for your reply. I use ssh to connect to the server. However, this time as I connected to the server, bummm...there's (base) attached to my command prompt :/ No idea how it got there

Did you run an interactive shell of yum maybe ? Or some other interactive shell of some kind or similar maybe ?

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/yum-shell.8.html

Because other than that, I have no idea why it says "base".

Your question appears to be answered here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1026...erminal-prompt

Are you using a conda environment?

Yes, I used conda update conda

Many thanks, hydrurga, I really appreciate your help! thumbs up for everyone!
P.S. I owe you a beer

No problem. Thanks for marking the thread "Solved".

I prefer dark beer. ;)