# QIIME2 microbiome analysis and python version

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-microbiome-analysis-and-python-version/32840
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** demux, fastq
**Created:** [March 27, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-microbiome-analysis-and-python-version/32840 "2025-03-27T00:04:35Z")
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### Author: ![jieeeun](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jieeeun](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jieeeun)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-microbiome-analysis-and-python-version/32840/1 "2025-03-27T00:04:36Z")

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Hi, I'm grad student in Korea and recently I tried to use QIIME2 on ubuntu WSL.

I tried to download qiime2 and demux plugin.  
My data are 16S rRNA sequence fastq files.

I made demux.qza file, but I can't make demux.qzv.  
Some posts said that is python version problem.

What version of python do you use or recommend?  
I want to process and analyze OTU microbiome data.

Thank you for reading my post 🙂

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### Author: ![salias](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/salias/32/18594_2.png) [@salias](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/salias)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-microbiome-analysis-and-python-version/32840/2 "2025-03-27T09:25:09Z")

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Hello @jieeeun

Could you share the command you are running and the error message you are receiving?

Also:

> [@jieeeun](#):
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> What version of python do you use or recommend?

Each QIIME 2 version is built using a specific Python version. Which :qiime2: version are you using? Did you install it following the [📄 official docs](https://library.qiime2.org/quickstart/amplicon#using-conda)?

Best,

Sergio

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### Author: ![jieeeun](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jieeeun](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jieeeun)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime2-microbiome-analysis-and-python-version/32840/3 "2025-03-29T03:27:56Z")

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Hello @salias !

Thanks your reply 🙂

Actually, I resolved this problem. In my notebook, already downloaded python recent version (3.12) ..  
I removed qiime2 and python. redownload python 3.10 and qiime 2024.10.  
After that, error message didn't show.

Again, thanks !

Jieun