# Problem installing QIIME2 on windows
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-installing-qiime2-on-windows/22498
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** install
**Created:** [March 19, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-installing-qiime2-on-windows/22498 "2022-03-19T01:02:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Sapir](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Sapir)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-installing-qiime2-on-windows/22498/1 "2022-03-19T01:02:57Z")
Hi,
I've been trying to install Qiime2, I am on a Windows 10 Home
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
I installed Miniconda3 with python 3.9 (then tried 3.8 to see if it helps), updated conda with:
conda update conda
then installed wget with conda install -c menpo wget and run:
wget [https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2022.2-py38-linux-conda.yml](https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2022.2-py38-linux-conda.yml)
conda env create -n qiime2-2022.2 --file qiime2-2022.2-py38-linux-conda.yml
The conda environment can't be created and this is the resulting output:
(base) C:\Users\sapir\>conda env create -n qiime2-2022.2 --file qiime2-2022.2-py38-linux-conda.yml -v
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): ...working... done
Solving environment: ...working... failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\exceptions.py", line 1082, in **call**
return func(\*args, \*\*kwargs)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\_env\cli\main.py", line 80, in do\_call
exit\_code = getattr(module, func\_name)(args, parser)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\_env\cli\main\_create.py", line 142, in execute
result[installer\_type] = installer.install(prefix, pkg\_specs, args, env)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\_env\installers\conda.py", line 50, in install
unlink\_link\_transaction = solver.solve\_for\_transaction(
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 152, in solve\_for\_transaction
unlink\_precs, link\_precs = self.solve\_for\_diff(update\_modifier, deps\_modifier,
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 195, in solve\_for\_diff
final\_precs = self.solve\_final\_state(update\_modifier, deps\_modifier, prune, ignore\_pinned,
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 313, in solve\_final\_state
ssc = self.\_add\_specs(ssc)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\core\solve.py", line 603, in \_add\_specs
explicit\_pool = ssc.r.\_get\_package\_pool(self.specs\_to\_add)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 555, in \_get\_package\_pool
pool = self.get\_reduced\_index(specs)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\common\io.py", line 88, in decorated
return f(\*args, \*\*kwds)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 576, in get\_reduced\_index
explicit\_specs, features = self.verify\_specs(explicit\_specs)
File "C:\Users\sapir\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\conda\resolve.py", line 288, in verify\_specs
raise ResolvePackageNotFound(bad\_deps)
conda.exceptions.ResolvePackageNotFound:
- vsearch=2.7.0
- q2-fragment-insertion=2022.2.0
- fasttree=2.1.10
- unifrac=0.20.3
- pbzip2=1.1.13
- q2templates=2022.2.0
- q2-alignment=2022.2.0
- q2-gneiss=2022.2.0
- bioconductor-zlibbioc=1.40.0
- q2-metadata=2022.2.0
- ncurses=6.2
- q2-composition=2022.2.0
- perl-compress-raw-zlib=2.101
- libgomp=11.2.0
- perl-io-compress=2.102
- q2-types=2022.2.0
- q2-cutadapt=2022.2.0
- \_openmp\_mutex=4.5
- sed=4.8
- sepp=4.3.10
- raxml=8.2.12
- q2-feature-classifier=2022.2.0
- hmmer=3.1b2
- gxx\_linux-64=9.4.0
- q2-diversity-lib=2022.2.0
- perl-json-xs=2.34
- dbus=1.13.6
- q2-sample-classifier=2022.2.0
- libstdcxx-devel\_linux-64=9.4.0
- nss=3.74
- q2-longitudinal=2022.2.0
- binutils\_impl\_linux-64=2.36.1
- q2-diversity=2022.2.0
- samtools=1.14
- entrez-direct=16.2
- bioconductor-xvector=0.34.0
- libgcc-devel\_linux-64=9.4.0
- gxx\_impl\_linux-64=9.4.0
- q2-taxa=2022.2.0
- bioconductor-biocparallel=1.28.0
- bioconductor-biobase=2.54.0
- gfortran\_linux-64=9.4.0
- bioconductor-rhtslib=1.26.0
- blast=2.12.0
- ld\_impl\_linux-64=2.36.1
- q2-mystery-stew=2022.2.0
- libgfortran-ng=11.2.0
- libnsl=2.0.0
- perl-compress-raw-bzip2=2.101
- bioconductor-s4vectors=0.32.0
- bioconductor-biostrings=2.62.0
- gfortran\_impl\_linux-64=9.4.0
- libgfortran5=11.2.0
- perl-scalar-list-utils=1.61
- perl-encode=3.16
- bowtie2=2.4.5
- perl-pathtools=3.75
- bioconductor-genomicalignments=1.30.0
- gcc\_impl\_linux-64=9.4.0
- gcc\_linux-64=9.4.0
- bioconductor-shortread=1.52.0
- bioconductor-iranges=2.28.0
- bioconductor-dada2=1.22.0
- bioconductor-rsamtools=2.10.0
- q2cli=2022.2.0
- q2-deblur=2022.2.0
- tktable=2.10
- readline=8.1
- libgcc-ng=11.2.0
- perl-list-moreutils-xs=0.430
- libuuid=2.32.1
- bioconductor-genomicranges=1.46.0
- qiime2=2022.2.0
- libxkbcommon=1.0.3
- q2-demux=2022.2.0
- libgcc=7.2.0
- q2-quality-filter=2022.2.0
- hdmedians=0.14.2
- nspr=4.32
- q2-phylogeny=2022.2.0
- libev=4.33
- sortmerna=2.0
- q2-vsearch=2022.2.0
- dnaio=0.7.1
- libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0
- q2galaxy=2022.2.0
- emperor=1.0.3
- libedit=3.1.20191231
- binutils\_linux-64=2.36
- iqtree=2.2.0\_beta
- q2-feature-table=2022.2.0
- bioconductor-delayedarray=0.20.0
- libsanitizer=9.4.0
- q2-quality-control=2022.2.0
- alsa-lib=1.2.3
- q2-emperor=2022.2.0
- scikit-bio=0.5.6
- libnghttp2=1.46.0
- mafft=7.490
- htslib=1.14
- cutadapt=3.5
- q2-dada2=2022.2.0
A colleague with a Mac Air was able to follow the same commands and process smoothly and did install correctly. What can I do to successfully install on my Windows machine?
Thank you,
Sapir
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### Author:  [@Keegan-Evans](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Keegan-Evans)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-installing-qiime2-on-windows/22498/2 "2022-03-19T01:08:25Z")
@Sapir,
Currently, there is not _native_ Windows support for QIIME 2, the good news is that you can use Windows Subsystem for Linux(WSL) to install it, which works great(some of our devs do this!). For information on how to install using WSL [check out the docs](https://docs.qiime2.org/2022.2/install/virtual/wsl/)!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-installing-qiime2-on-windows/22498/3 "2022-04-19T07:08:46Z")
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