Merge pull request #12739 from farisachugthai/conda

IPython/core/magics/packaging.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 b' import shlex'
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from pathlib import Path
 from IPython.core.magic import Magics, magics_class, line_magic
 
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 b' def _get_conda_executable():'
     # Check if there is a conda executable in the same directory as the Python executable.
     # This is the case within conda's root environment.
     conda = Path(sys.executable).parent / "conda"
-    if conda.isfile():
+    if conda.is_file():
         return str(conda)
 
     # Otherwise, attempt to extract the executable from conda history.
@@ -83,8 +82,9 b' class PackagingMagics(Magics):'
         
         conda = _get_conda_executable()
         args = shlex.split(line)
-        command = args[0]
-        args = args[1:]
+        command = args[0] if len(args) > 0 else ""
+        args = args[1:] if len(args) > 1 else [""]
+
         extra_args = []
 
         # When the subprocess does not allow us to respond "yes" during the installation,