azureml-examples/python-sdk/tutorials/automl-with-azureml/Setup using a Local Conda environment/Windows

I am following the tutorial to set up a automl (with azureml) conda enviroment in Windows. I downloaded and extracted the github folder, started an anaconda prompt window, cd to automl-with-azureml folder, and run automl_setup.

I got a warning, and an error:

DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
versionInvalid = LooseVersion(conda.__version__) < LooseVersion(minimumVersion)
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed

ResolvePackageNotFound:
- matplotlib==2.1.0
- py-xgboost[version='<=0.90']

I use windows 10 and my conda info is:
conda version : 4.12.0
conda-build version : 3.21.8

The issue points to azureml-examples/python-sdk/tutorials/automl-with-azureml/Setup using a Local Conda environment/Windows and the automl_setup command. First reproduce the setup in a Windows Anaconda prompt and inspect the reported dependency-resolution failure. Done means the tutorial environment can be created without ResolvePackageNotFound for matplotlib or py-xgboost.

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