# Some issues about qiime installation **URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/some-issues-about-qiime-installation/32282 **Category:** Technical Support **Created:** [January 11, 2025, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/some-issues-about-qiime-installation/32282 "2025-01-11T08:21:41Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/colinbrislawn/32/6221_2.png) [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn) #### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/some-issues-about-qiime-installation/32282/2 "2025-01-11T10:07:00Z")
Good morning @Solflipped, Welcome to the forums! The genomeinfodbdata package is only needed for a few plugins. That first install is probably okay! If you see another error about genomeinfodbdata, we can help you reinstall it or you can search the forusm for how to do this. Docker often opens up web services that run and stay running. But Qiime2 commands work in batches, so once the command is finished, the docker container safely shuts down, which is what you saw here. So your Docker deployment is probably also okay! Here is how you could run Qiime2 commands with Docker: > [@Running The Moving Pictures Tutorial In Docker (2018.11)](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/running-the-moving-pictures-tutorial-in-docker-2018-11/7105): > > Okay, so you have followed the [official install guide](https://docs.qiime2.org/2018.11/install/virtual/docker/) for getting QIIME 2 up and running in Docker.... now what?! Using the [Moving Pictures Tutorial (2018.11)](https://docs.qiime2.org/2018.11/tutorials/moving-pictures/) as a guide (we will just present commands here, please see the source tutorial for more detailed discussion) - we have two main options for running commands: Option A - Single container Option B - One container per command Option A - Single Container docker run --rm -it \ -u $(id -u):$(id -g) \ -v $(pwd):/data \ qiime2/cor… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/some-issues-about-qiime-installation/32282)._