Cannot conda

[jacobtomlinson]

Once in a notebook I've tried creating a new conda environment but I get permissions errors.

$ conda create -n testenv python
Collecting package metadata: failed

NotWritableError: The current user does not have write permissions to a required path.
  path: /srv/conda/pkgs/cache/3e39a7aa.json
  uid: 1000
  gid: 1000

If you feel that permissions on this path are set incorrectly, you can manually
change them by executing

  $ sudo chown 1000:1000 /srv/conda/pkgs/cache/3e39a7aa.json

In general, it's not advisable to use 'sudo conda'.