# wget error when attempting native installation using WSL2

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/wget-error-when-attempting-native-installation-using-wsl2/18015
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** install
**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/wget-error-when-attempting-native-installation-using-wsl2/18015 "2021-01-11T04:42:40Z")
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### Author: ![Kevin\_Ketagoda](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/kevin_ketagoda/32/9458_2.png) [@Kevin\_Ketagoda](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Kevin_Ketagoda)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/wget-error-when-attempting-native-installation-using-wsl2/18015/1 "2021-01-11T04:42:40Z")

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Hi there,

I was trying to install Qiime2 (version 2020.11) within miniconda3. I am running WSL2 and I am sure it is active (typed in wsl -l -v on powershell and it says version 2 is currently running). However, I ran in to a problem with “wget” installation. Can anyone help how to solve the issue? Thanks in advance.

(base) PS C:\WINDOWS\system32\> conda install wget  
Collecting package metadata (current\_repodata.json): done  
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.  
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done  
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

- wget

Current channels:

- [main/win-64](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64)
- [main/noarch](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch)
- [r/win-64](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64)
- [r/noarch](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch)
- [msys2/win-64](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64)
- [msys2/noarch](https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch)
- [conda-forge/win-64](https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64)
- [conda-forge/noarch](https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch)

To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're  
looking for, navigate to

```
https://anaconda.org

```

and use the search bar at the top of the page.

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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/wget-error-when-attempting-native-installation-using-wsl2/18015/2 "2021-01-11T14:26:52Z")

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Hey there @Kevin_Ketagoda! Looks like you're well on your way to getting QIIME 2 set up, congrats! So the issue here though is this:

> [@Kevin\_Ketagoda](#):
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> (base) PS C:\WINDOWS\system32\>

You will actually need to run the installation commands (including installing conda) _inside_ of a WSL shell. WSL provides a mechanism for Windows to run Linux tools, so make sure you install the Linux version of miniconda inside that WSL shell.

> **[Advanced settings configuration in WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config)**
>
> A guide to the wsl.conf and .wslconfig files used for configuring settings when running multiple Linux distributions on Windows Subsystem for Linux.

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/1/21af5fe23cb6f4579467c66a9ed94e55274ca7bd.svg) [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/wget-error-when-attempting-native-installation-using-wsl2/18015/3 "2021-02-11T20:26:52Z")

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