# Qiime1 installation
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309
**Category:** Other Bioinformatics Tools
**Tags:** qiime1
**Created:** [April 21, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309 "2021-04-21T04:49:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mallika](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/mallika)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/1 "2021-04-21T04:49:16Z")
I have trying to install qiime1 using the following command
conda create -n qiime1 python=2.7 qiime matplotlib=1.4.3 mock nose -c bioconda
but it errors saying python 2.7 does not work anymore?
Is there a way around this? cause I need to combine multiple sample fasta files using _add\_qiime\_labels.py_
Thank you !
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### Author:  [@SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/SoilRotifer)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/2 "2021-04-21T18:22:16Z")
Why not import your FASTA data into QIIME 2 with [qiime tools import ...](https://docs.qiime2.org/2021.2/tutorials/importing/?highlight=import#per-feature-unaligned-sequence-data-i-e-representative-fasta-sequences), and then simply use [qiime feature-table merge-seqs](https://docs.qiime2.org/2021.2/plugins/available/feature-table/merge-seqs/)?
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### Author:  [@mallika](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/mallika)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/3 "2021-04-21T20:22:59Z")
I was under the impression that you cannot use qiime2 for analysis when you have fasta files for samples i.e., in this project I have 935 fasta files for crohns and healthy individuals. I was trying to combine them into a single fasta file for further analysis? Please, let me know if my logic here is wrong cause I'm new to qiime and metagenomic analysis.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/SoilRotifer)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/5 "2021-04-21T21:09:41Z")
> [@mallika](#):
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> I was under the impression that you cannot use qiime2 for analysis when you have fasta files for samples
Oh right... that is why you need `add_qiime_labels.py` to get your files into [this format](https://docs.qiime2.org/2021.2/tutorials/importing/#sequences-without-quality-information-i-e-fasta). Sorry about that. 🤦♂️
But once you have that you can proceed with the procedure outlined in the link I provided.
Perhaps run QIIME 1 via a docker container? There are quite a few out there. If not, perhaps someone on the forum has some code to share?
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### Author:  [@mallika](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/mallika)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/6 "2021-04-22T09:16:37Z")
Hello again
So I tried using conda which did not work as python 2.7 is not supported anymore but I looked up qiime installation and I was able to make it using virtual machine for qiime. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@SoilRotifer](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/SoilRotifer)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/7 "2021-04-22T15:28:27Z")
Thanks for letting us know @mallika. I'm glad you were able to get the virtual machine to work. 🎉
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### Author:  [@Shuqi](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Shuqi)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime1-installation/19309/8 "2023-04-13T19:42:15Z")
Thanks so much! I struggled to get qiime 1.9 launched until I read your post. You made my day!