https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Distribution-for-Python/ERROR-INSTALLING-DISTRIBUTION/m-p/1153128#M1130 <P>Aditya,</P><P>I am going to guess you are on Windows, but can you give me details of your operating system, Intel Distribution for Python version you are installing (including Python 2 or Python 3) and the installation path? If you can run "Scripts\conda info" without using "activate" first, also include the output of that command.</P><P>Todd</P> Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:32:20 GMT Todd_T_Intel 2019-02-19T15:32:20Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Distribution-for-Python/ERROR-INSTALLING-DISTRIBUTION/m-p/1153127#M1129 <P>Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams<BR />LookupError: unknown encoding: 65001</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This is the error I am getting when I run acivate in scripts.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 15 Feb 2019 21:07:01 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Distribution-for-Python/ERROR-INSTALLING-DISTRIBUTION/m-p/1153127#M1129 Rathore__Aditya 2019-02-15T21:07:01Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Distribution-for-Python/ERROR-INSTALLING-DISTRIBUTION/m-p/1153128#M1130 <P>Aditya,</P><P>I am going to guess you are on Windows, but can you give me details of your operating system, Intel Distribution for Python version you are installing (including Python 2 or Python 3) and the installation path? If you can run "Scripts\conda info" without using "activate" first, also include the output of that command.</P><P>Todd</P> Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:32:20 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Distribution-for-Python/ERROR-INSTALLING-DISTRIBUTION/m-p/1153128#M1130 Todd_T_Intel 2019-02-19T15:32:20Z