Install PacBio lima via conda fails

Question

[michael.flower.14]

I'm trying to install lima from PacBio to demultiplex some sequencing data. I've tried in micromamba environments with python 2.7 and 3.10.13, but get the same error message.

Commands I've tried:

conda install -c bioconda lima
conda install bioconda::lima
conda install bioconda/label/cf201901::lima

Here's what I get:

    $ conda install -c bioconda lima
pkgs/main/osx-64                                              No change
bioconda/noarch                                               No change
pkgs/main/noarch                                              No change
bioconda/osx-64                                               No change
pkgs/r/osx-64                                                 No change
pkgs/r/noarch                                                 No change
conda-forge/noarch                                  16.8MB @   1.1MB/s 15.5s
conda-forge/osx-64                                  34.0MB @   1.5MB/s 22.5s

Pinned packages:
  - python 2.7.*

error    libmamba Could not solve for environment specs
    The following package could not be installed
     lima does not exist (perhaps a typo or a missing channel).
critical libmamba Could not solve for environment specs
(py2) 

Does anyone have any ideas how to resolve? I'm on a MacBook if that makes any difference.

[Medhat]

Try create a separate environment

[michael.flower.14]

Tried that, including with different python versions as above, and get the same result

Answer 1

[colindaven]

It looks like you have pinned py2.7. You'll have to get rid of this setting. I think this is your problem.

Pinned packages:
  - python 2.7.*

Another option is to use the conda-forge channel.

mamba install -y -c conda-forge -c bioconda lima
mamba install -y -c conda-forge -c bioconda -c default lima