PROBLEM Installing QIIME2 within CONDA (Miniconda)

[RPage1 (Ryan)]

Hello all,

I'm trying to install qiime2 within the conda environment. I update conda to the latest version and run the installation command:

"conda create -n qiime2-2017.7 --file https://data.qiime2.org/distro/core/qiime2-2017.7-conda"

It begins to install multiple packages and then pauses at the package zlib-1.2.8-3.t. After 10-15 minutes later I receive this error.

ERROR conda.core.link:_execute_actions(337): An error occurred while installing package 'defaults::icu-54.1-0'.
CondaError: Cannot link a source that does not exist. C:\Users\Chris\Miniconda3\pkgs\icu-54.1-0\lib\icu\current
Attempting to roll back.

CondaError: Cannot link a source that does not exist. C:\Users\Chris\Miniconda3\pkgs\icu-54.1-0\lib\icu\current

I continue with activating the created environment qiime2-2017.7 then run the command: qiime --help and receive this message:

'qiime' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[thermokarst]

Hi @RPage1 --- first off, it looks like you didn't quite copy-and-paste the entire installation command when writing up this post - you are missing about half of the --file URL at the end there, but it sounds like the actual command you ran was fine, because it looks like some installation actions actually happened.

Judging from the filepath in your error message (C:\Users\Chris\Miniconda3\pkgs\icu-54.1-0\lib\icu\current), it looks like you are attempting to perform a native installation on a Windows machine. Unfortunately we do not support native installs on Windows at this time (stay tuned!). In the meantime, I would suggest investigating one of our Virtual Machine options. Sorry!