Qiime 2 installation issues on windows

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I know this issue has popped up before for people but i CANNOT get past it. I am on a windows computer and im running this out of the Anaconda prompt window. I just want to get Qiime2 installed and I can be happy.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

(base) C:\Users\sbl9r3>conda update conda
Channels:

  • defaults
    Platform: win-64
    Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
    Solving environment: done

All requested packages already installed.

(base) C:\Users\sbl9r3>conda install wget
Channels:

  • defaults
    Platform: win-64
    Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
    Solving environment: failed

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

  • wget

Current channels:

  • defaults

To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're
looking for, navigate to

https://anaconda.org

and use the search bar at the top of the page.

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Given this:

It appears you are tryig to run QIIME 2 through the Windows Command Prompt. Which will not work. You can only run this through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

There are quite a few threads on the forum about this, here is one thread to get you started:

-Mike

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