Is blast not available now?

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I searched and found Blast is not available. Is this right?

2

Hi @Zhenyu_Shen!

I assume “Blast” is a package? Where did you search for it?

I checked on anaconda.org and found a BLAST package available through the bioconda channel: Blast | Anaconda.org

If this isn’t the package you’re looking for, please let me know.

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es, I checked anaconda.org and found it in the bioconda channel too.
But, when I installed it I got the following message.

(blast) xxx@yyy ~ % conda install bioconda::blast
Channels:

  • bioconda
  • conda-forge
  • defaults
    Platform: osx-arm64
    Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
    Solving environment: failed

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

  • bioconda::blast

Current channels:

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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It is available, but only for osx-64, not osx-arm64. You can try to create an Intel-compatible environment with:

conda create -n blast-x64 --platform osx-64 bioconda::blast
conda activate blast-x64
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It worked! Thank you very much!
I created a compatible environment with
conda create --platform osx-64 --name blast
Then, activate the environment and install the blast package.

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