# Qiime2 installation and run error
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766
**Category:** User Support
**Created:** [June 27, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766 "2018-06-27T17:18:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Pramod](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Pramod)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/1 "2018-06-27T17:18:55Z")
I have successfully installed qiime2-2018.6 on the linux server and also qiime2-2018.2 on my laptop using docker.
I was trying to run some commands which failed on server but were running on my laptop,Please suggest!
I ran this command on server which ends up in error, whereas the same command works properly on my laptop.
(qiime2-2018.2) root§3209d9fe45ee:/data£ qiime tools import --type EMPPairedEndSequences --input-path emp-paired-end-sequences --output-path emp-paired-end-sequences.qza
No error.
Error on linux server is below:
```auto
[pramod@herman-login2 Qiime]$ qiime tools import --type EMPPairedEndSequences --input-path emp-paired-end-sequences --output-path emp-paired-end-sequences.qza
-bash: qiime: command not found
[pramod@herman-login2 Qiime]$ qiime
-bash: qiime: command not found
[pramod@herman-login2 Qiime]$ pwd
/mnt/BioAdHoc/overflow/Groups/KLey/Qiime
[pramod@herman-login2 Qiime]$ source activate qiime2-2018.6
(qiime2-2018.6) [pramod@herman-login2 Qiime]$ qiime tools import --type EMPPairedEndSequences --input-path emp-paired-end-sequences --output-path emp-paired-end-sequences.qza
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/q2cli/tools.py", line 116, in import_data
view_type=source_format)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/result.py", line 219, in import_data
return cls._from_view(type_, view, view_type, provenance_capture)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/result.py", line 250, in _from_view
provenance_capture=provenance_capture)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/core/archive/archiver.py", line 310, in from_data
Format.write(rec, type, format, data_initializer, provenance_capture)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/core/archive/format/v1.py", line 26, in write
prov_dir, [root / cls.METADATA_FILE, archive_record.version_fp])
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/core/archive/provenance.py", line 315, in finalize
self.path.rename(final_path)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/pathlib.py", line 1277, in rename
self._accessor.rename(self, target)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/pathlib.py", line 377, in wrapped
return strfunc(str(pathobjA), str(pathobjB), *args)
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/scratch/qiime2-provenance-4o84xp5y' -> '/scratch/qiime2-archive-dgz17z59/f6712e98-38c9-40c0-9b62-1f56b1524052/provenance'
An unexpected error has occurred:
[Errno 17] File exists: '/scratch/qiime2-provenance-4o84xp5y' -> '/scratch/qiime2-archive-dgz17z59/f6712e98-38c9-40c0-9b62-1f56b1524052/provenance'
See above for debug info
```
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### Author:  [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/2 "2018-06-28T12:48:04Z")
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/3 "2018-06-28T16:27:14Z")
Hey @Pramod!
> [@Pramod](#):
>
> An unexpected error has occurred: [Errno 17] File exists: '/scratch/qiime2-provenance-4o84xp5y' -\> '/scratch/qiime2-archive-dgz17z59/f6712e98-38c9-40c0-9b62-1f56b1524052/provenance'
Well that's not supposed to happen... I've never seen this before, so I don't have a quick answer. Does re-running the import command succeed?
That'll let us know if it's a stochastic issue with the random names generated, or if its a fundamental issue we've never come accross.
If you know, what kind of filesystem is `/scratch/`?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/4 "2018-06-28T16:27:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Pramod](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Pramod)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/5 "2018-06-28T21:55:50Z")
hi Evan,
I reinstalled qiime2 :
qiime info | grep 'quality-control'
QIIME is caching your current deployment for improved performance. This may take a few moments and should only happen once per deployment.
quality-control: 2018.6.1
and try to run the command again but the same error repeats
-rw-r--r--+ 1 pramod fs\_bioinformatics\_common 4583 Jun 28 12:03 qiime2-2018.6-py35-linux-conda.yml
(qiime2-2018.6) [pramod@herman-login2 Qiime]$ qiime tools import --type EMPPairedEndSequences --input-path emp-paired-end-sequences --output-path emp-paired-end-sequences.qza
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/q2cli/tools.py", line 116, in import\_data
view\_type=source\_format)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/result.py", line 219, in import\_data
return cls._from\_view(type_, view, view\_type, provenance\_capture)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/sdk/result.py", line 250, in \_from\_view
provenance\_capture=provenance\_capture)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/core/archive/archiver.py", line 310, in from\_data
Format.write(rec, type, format, data\_initializer, provenance\_capture)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/core/archive/format/v1.py", line 26, in write
prov\_dir, [root / cls.METADATA\_FILE, archive\_record.version\_fp])
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qiime2/core/archive/provenance.py", line 315, in finalize
self.path.rename(final\_path)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/pathlib.py", line 1277, in rename
self.\_accessor.rename(self, target)
File "/home/pramod/miniconda3/envs/qiime2-2018.6/lib/python3.5/pathlib.py", line 377, in wrapped
return strfunc(str(pathobjA), str(pathobjB), \*args)
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/scratch/qiime2-provenance-difz5eeh' -\> '/scratch/qiime2-archive-isgo3hiy/b7f5c095-1f9f-480d-837b-aba392d161c4/provenance'
An unexpected error has occurred:
[Errno 17] File exists: '/scratch/qiime2-provenance-difz5eeh' -\> '/scratch/qiime2-archive-isgo3hiy/b7f5c095-1f9f-480d-837b-aba392d161c4/provenance'
See above for debug info.
and the file system info for scratch is as follows:
df -TH /scratch/
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
beegfs\_nodev beegfs 43T 24T 19T 57% /mnt/beegfs
Please suggest!
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### Author:  [@Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Nicholas_Bokulich)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/6 "2018-07-02T14:14:48Z")
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/7 "2018-07-09T17:11:17Z")
Thanks so much for the info! Sorry for the delayed response, I've been out of the office for a bit ☹
> [@Pramod](#):
>
> beegfs\_nodev beegfs
I don't think I've ever run across this filesystem before.
I'm going to have to do some research here as this issue really _shouldn't_ be happening at all, but perhaps there's a known race-condition with Python's temporary filenames and this particular filesystem.
I'll report back when I know more. Thanks so much!
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/8 "2018-07-09T17:11:21Z")
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/9 "2018-07-09T17:11:24Z")
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/10 "2018-07-30T14:06:54Z")
Just an update: I haven't forgotten about this, but I haven't had a chance to replicate either, sorry. Please stay tuned!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/11 "2018-08-30T20:06:58Z")
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### Author:  [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-installation-and-run-error/4766/12 "2019-03-12T13:58:01Z")