alternative methods to install BLAST

[titoairedale]

I am trying to install Genoflu, but I am encountering an issue with BLAST, which is showing a status of "perhaps a missing channel." This is preventing me from installing Genoflu. I have also attempted to install BLAST separately, but I am still facing the same "missing channel" problem.
Could you please advise if there are any alternative methods to install BLAST?

[stuber]

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[titoairedale]

When I installed GenoFlu, in the Anaconda Prompt window.
Command:
"conda create -c conda-forge -c bioconda -n genoflu genoflu"

Error informations were as following:
Solving environment: failed

LibMambaUnsatisfiableError: Encountered problems while solving:

• nothing provides blast needed by genoflu-1.0-hdfd78af_0

Could not solve for environment specs
The following package could not be installed
└─ genoflu is not installable because it requires
└─ blast, which does not exist (perhaps a missing channel).

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Then I tried to install BLAST, in the Anaconda Prompt window.
Command:
"conda install bioconda::blast"

Error informations were as following:

Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed

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

• bioconda::blast

Current channels:

• https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge
• defaults
• https://conda.anaconda.org/bioconda

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.

[stuber]

Thanks for providing output.

I did a test to try and repeat the error but the conda install of genoflu would only work, and I wasn't able to repeat. What type of Linux environment are you working in? If I can know the type you are using, I will try on a similar setup if I can.

May want to try Miniconda instead of Anaconda. The install should work just as well with Anaconda, but Miniconda does seem to work better overall. I would not expect the installation of genoflu to be any different between either but may be worth trying Miniconda over Anaconda.