QIIME2 Installation ResolvePackageNotFound Error

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Hi @dong!

I think the certificate failure (while odd) is a bit of a red-herring here.

The Anaconda Prompt will install these packages as Windows builds, however Windows builds are not available for many of the bioinformatics tools QIIME 2 relies on.

This means you need to use a different kind of terminal on Windows. There are a few options:

If you are using Window 10 with the HyperV feature enabled (only available on Pro, Government, or Educational variants of Windows 10). You can use either:

  • Windows Subsystem for Linux (this is probably the easiest option)

    • Your Windows files are available under /mnt/c/ within this subsystem, but Windows cannot see the linux files.

  • Docker for Windows (Very flexible, but slightly harder to use as it is a sysadmin/dev tool primarily).

    • You have to set up a volume mount yourself, but the same rules apply w.r.t. file visibility.

If you are not using Windows 10, then you will need to use VirtualBox.

Note: HyperV and VirtualBox are incompatible, so if you have to use VirtualBox for other reasons, then stick with that tool. Otherwise you will find yourself rebooting Windows a lot to enable/disable HyperV which is annoying.

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