RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from conda's operating envi

今天用conda install 任何包都会出现这个错误：

RemoveError: 'setuptools' is a dependency of conda and cannot be removed from conda's operating environment.

参考网页：
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54392995/removeerror-requests-is-a-dependency-of-conda-and-cannot-be-removed-from-cond

方案一：

running conda update conda before solved the problem for me

方案二：

 in my case run 'conda update --force conda' first worked for me. 

方案三：

This worked for me on Linux:

1- Uninstall the package via pip:

pip uninstall setuptools

2- Reinstall using the following command:

conda install -c anaconda setuptools