# Biotools instalation

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116>\
**Category:** Biology, Health, and Medicine\
**Created:** [March 26, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116 "2024-03-26T02:05:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![perrochico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@perrochico](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/perrochico)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116/1 "2024-03-26T02:05:06Z")

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Hello! i have a situation installation Biotools and idk even what is about. A screenshoot of my problem

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/5/f58bb50626c635594ebfc2487e2214c1b7e085b0.png)

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116/2 "2024-03-26T03:02:10Z")

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Can you please post the error again as text, enclosed in triple back-ticks, like ``` ?

The screenshot is hardly readable.

In addition, can you please post the output of

```julia
using Pkg
Pkg.status()

```

?

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**Author:** ![BioTurboNick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bioturbonick/32/6380_2.png) [@BioTurboNick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioTurboNick)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116/3 "2024-03-26T03:06:07Z")

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A few things going on here.

First, if you have a lot of packages in your global environment, you can end up with a lot of conflicts. If you can, pare down what’s installed in the global environment and use more temporary environments, invoked with `]activate --temp`.

Second, it’s likely that an indirect dependency which is used by many packages had a breaking version (likely Adapt.jl v3 vs. v4, I’m guessing), and some of your packages support it and others don’t. Pkg (right now) doesn’t do a great job with conflicts deep in the dependency tree.

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**Author:** ![BioTurboNick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bioturbonick/32/6380_2.png) [@BioTurboNick](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/BioTurboNick)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116/4 "2024-03-26T03:15:27Z")

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BioTools declares a dependency on BioAlignments v1 and BioSequences v1, which are way out of date (both are currently v3). So that likely is the immediate issue.

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**Author:** ![perrochico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@perrochico](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/perrochico)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116/5 "2024-03-26T03:56:50Z")

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> [@ufechner7](#):
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> `Pkg.status()`

hello.  
there is

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/8/3/83ae130f6c3347a23465d3a559f360aa40233ad8.png)

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**Author:** ![perrochico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@perrochico](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/perrochico)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/biotools-instalation/112116/6 "2024-03-26T03:58:19Z")

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(@v1.10) pkg\> add BioTools@\*  
Resolving package versions…  
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package MLJModels [d491faf4]:  
MLJModels [d491faf4] log:  
├─possible versions are: 0.1.0-0.16.16 or uninstalled  
├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.1.0-0.16.16  
├─restricted by compatibility requirements with MLJ [add582a8] to versions: [0.1.0-0.11.3, 0.12.1-0.16.16]  
│ └─MLJ [add582a8] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 0.1.0-0.20.3 or uninstalled  
│ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.1.0-0.20.3  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with MLJModels [d491faf4] to versions: 0.1.0-0.18.6 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.1.0-0.18.6  
│ └─MLJModels [d491faf4] log: see above  
├─restricted by compatibility requirements with Combinatorics [861a8166] to versions: 0.1.0-0.15.11 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: [0.1.0-0.11.3, 0.12.1-0.15.11]  
│ └─Combinatorics [861a8166] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 0.7.0-1.0.2 or uninstalled  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with BioSequences [7e6ae17a] to versions: 0.7.0  
│ └─BioSequences [7e6ae17a] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 1.0.0-3.1.6 or uninstalled  
│ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 1.0.0-3.1.6  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with BioTools [fa51a905] to versions: 1.0.0-1.1.0  
│ └─BioTools [fa51a905] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 1.0.0-1.1.0 or uninstalled  
│ └─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 1.0.0-1.1.0  
├─restricted by compatibility requirements with Distributions [31c24e10] to versions: 0.1.0-0.7.2 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.1.0-0.7.2  
│ └─Distributions [31c24e10] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 0.16.0-0.25.107 or uninstalled  
│ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with SpecialFunctions [276daf66] to versions: 0.16.0-0.25.45 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.16.0-0.25.45  
│ │ └─SpecialFunctions [276daf66] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.7.0-2.3.1 or uninstalled  
│ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.7.0-0.10.3  
│ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.9.0-0.16.3 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.9.0-0.16.3  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with BioSequences [7e6ae17a] to versions: 0.9.0-0.11.0 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.9.0-0.11.0  
│ │ │ │ └─BioSequences [7e6ae17a] log: see above  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with StatsModels [3eaba693] to versions: 0.10.0-0.16.3 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.10.0-0.11.0  
│ │ │ └─StatsModels [3eaba693] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.3.0-0.7.3 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.3.0-0.6.33  
│ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with MixedModels [ff71e718] to versions: 0.6.0-0.7.3, leaving only versions: 0.6.0-0.6.33  
│ │ │ │ └─MixedModels [ff71e718] log:  
│ │ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.18.1-4.23.1 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.18.1-4.23.1  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with NLopt [76087f3c] to versions: 2.3.1-4.23.1 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 2.3.1-4.23.1  
│ │ │ │ │ └─NLopt [76087f3c] log:  
│ │ │ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.5.0-1.0.2 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.5.1-1.0.2  
│ │ │ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ │ ├─restricted by julia compatibility requirements to versions: 0.6.0-1.0.2 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.6.0-1.0.2  
│ │ │ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.5.1-0.6.5, leaving only versions: 0.6.0-0.6.5  
│ │ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with StatsModels [3eaba693] to versions: 2.0.0-4.8.2 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 2.3.1-4.8.2  
│ │ │ │ │ └─StatsModels [3eaba693] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with GLM [38e38edf] to versions: 0.18.1-3.8.0 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 2.3.1-3.8.0  
│ │ │ │ └─GLM [38e38edf] log:  
│ │ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 1.0.0-1.9.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 1.0.0-1.9.0  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with StatsModels [3eaba693] to versions: 1.3.0-1.8.3 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 1.3.0-1.8.3  
│ │ │ │ │ └─StatsModels [3eaba693] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with StatsBase [2913bbd2] to versions: 1.0.0-1.4.2 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 1.3.0-1.4.2  
│ │ │ │ └─StatsBase [2913bbd2] log:  
│ │ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.24.0-0.34.2 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.26.0-0.34.2  
│ │ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.26.0-0.33.21  
│ │ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with HypothesisTests [09f84164] to versions: 0.24.0-0.32.2, leaving only versions: 0.26.0-0.32.2  
│ │ │ │ │ └─HypothesisTests [09f84164] log:  
│ │ │ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.7.0-0.11.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.7.0-0.11.0  
│ │ │ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Combinatorics [861a8166] to versions: 0.7.0-0.8.0 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.7.0-0.8.0  
│ │ │ │ │ └─Combinatorics [861a8166] log: see above  
│ │ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with GLM [38e38edf] to versions: 0.30.0-0.33.21, leaving only versions: 0.30.0-0.32.2  
│ │ │ │ └─GLM [38e38edf] log: see above  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with StatsBase [2913bbd2] to versions: 0.3.0-0.6.21 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.6.0-0.6.21  
│ │ │ └─StatsBase [2913bbd2] log: see above  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Distributions [31c24e10] to versions: 0.7.0-0.9.0  
│ │ └─Distributions [31c24e10] log: see above  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with HypothesisTests [09f84164] to versions: 0.16.0-0.21.12  
│ └─HypothesisTests [09f84164] log: see above  
└─restricted by compatibility requirements with Distances [b4f34e82] to versions: 0.11.0-0.16.16 or uninstalled — no versions left  
└─Distances [b4f34e82] log:  
├─possible versions are: 0.7.0-0.10.11 or uninstalled  
├─restricted by compatibility requirements with ImageDistances [51556ac3] to versions: [0.7.0-0.8.2, 0.9.2-0.10.11]  
│ └─ImageDistances [51556ac3] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 0.1.0-0.2.17 or uninstalled  
│ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with ProgressMeter [92933f4c] to versions: 0.2.2-0.2.17 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.2.2-0.2.17  
│ │ └─ProgressMeter [92933f4c] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.6.0-1.10.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with TSne [24678dba] to versions: [0.6.0-0.9.0, 1.3.2-1.10.0]  
│ │ │ └─TSne [24678dba] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 1.2.0-1.3.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 1.2.0-1.3.0  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with ProgressMeter [92933f4c] to versions: 1.3.0 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 1.3.0  
│ │ │ └─ProgressMeter [92933f4c] log: see above  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with MixedModels [ff71e718] to versions: 1.0.0-1.10.0, leaving only versions: 1.3.2-1.10.0  
│ │ └─MixedModels [ff71e718] log: see above  
│ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with ImageCore [a09fc81d] to versions: 0.1.0-0.2.13 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.2.2-0.2.13  
│ │ └─ImageCore [a09fc81d] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.7.0-0.10.2 or uninstalled  
│ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with Images [916415d5] to versions: [0.7.0-0.8.22, 0.9.3-0.10.2]  
│ │ │ └─Images [916415d5] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.17.3-0.26.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.17.3-0.26.0  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with ImageDistances [51556ac3] to versions: 0.18.0-0.26.0 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.18.0-0.26.0  
│ │ │ │ └─ImageDistances [51556ac3] log: see above  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Reexport [189a3867] to versions: 0.17.3-0.24.1 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.18.0-0.24.1  
│ │ │ └─Reexport [189a3867] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.2.0-1.2.2 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with DataFrames [a93c6f00] to versions: 0.2.0  
│ │ │ └─DataFrames [a93c6f00] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.11.7-1.6.1 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.11.7-1.6.1  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.13.0-1.6.1  
│ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] to versions: 0.13.0-0.21.8  
│ │ │ │ └─PhyloNetworks [33ad39ac] log: see above  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with RCall [6f49c342] to versions: 0.19.0-1.6.1, leaving only versions: 0.19.0-0.21.8  
│ │ │ └─RCall [6f49c342] log:  
│ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.12.0-0.14.1 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.12.0-0.14.1  
│ │ │ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with PhyloPlots [c0d5b6db] to versions: 0.12.0-0.13.18  
│ │ │ │ └─PhyloPlots [c0d5b6db] log:  
│ │ │ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.2.0-1.0.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ │ │ └─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.2.0-1.0.0  
│ │ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with StatsModels [3eaba693] to versions: 0.13.4-0.14.1 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.13.4-0.13.18  
│ │ │ └─StatsModels [3eaba693] log: see above  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with FixedPointNumbers [53c48c17] to versions: 0.7.0-0.8.22 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.7.0-0.8.22  
│ │ └─FixedPointNumbers [53c48c17] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.5.0-0.8.4 or uninstalled  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with GenomicFeatures [899a7d2d] to versions: 0.5.2-0.7.1  
│ │ └─GenomicFeatures [899a7d2d] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 1.0.0-3.0.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with BioAlignments [00701ae9] to versions: 1.0.0-1.0.4  
│ │ └─BioAlignments [00701ae9] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 1.0.0-3.1.0 or uninstalled  
│ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 1.0.0-3.1.0  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with BioTools [fa51a905] to versions: 1.0.0-1.0.1  
│ │ └─BioTools [fa51a905] log: see above  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Distances [b4f34e82] to versions: 0.2.8-0.2.17 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.2.8-0.2.13  
│ └─Distances [b4f34e82] log: see above  
├─restricted by compatibility requirements with NearestNeighborDescent [dd2c4c9e] to versions: 0.7.0-0.9.2, leaving only versions: [0.7.0-0.8.2, 0.9.2]  
│ └─NearestNeighborDescent [dd2c4c9e] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 0.1.0-0.3.6 or uninstalled  
│ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with UMAP [c4f8c510] to versions: 0.1.4-0.3.6  
│ │ └─UMAP [c4f8c510] log:  
│ │ ├─possible versions are: 0.1.0-0.1.11 or uninstalled  
│ │ ├─restricted to versions \* by an explicit requirement, leaving only versions: 0.1.0-0.1.11  
│ │ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with Distances [b4f34e82] to versions: 0.1.6-0.1.11 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.1.6-0.1.11  
│ │ └─Distances [b4f34e82] log: see above  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with DataStructures [864edb3b] to versions: 0.1.0-0.3.1 or uninstalled, leaving only versions: 0.1.4-0.3.1  
│ └─DataStructures [864edb3b] log:  
│ ├─possible versions are: 0.9.0-0.18.18 or uninstalled  
│ ├─restricted by compatibility requirements with NearestNeighborDescent [dd2c4c9e] to versions: [0.15.0, 0.17.0-0.18.18]  
│ │ └─NearestNeighborDescent [dd2c4c9e] log: see above  
│ └─restricted by compatibility requirements with GenomicFeatures [899a7d2d] to versions: 0.11.0-0.17.20, leaving only versions: [0.15.0, 0.17.0-0.17.20]  
│ └─GenomicFeatures [899a7d2d] log: see above  
└─restricted by compatibility requirements with TSne [24678dba] to versions: 0.9.0-0.10.11, leaving only versions: 0.9.2  
└─TSne [24678dba] log: see above

this is the error

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> [@BioTurboNick](#):
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> `activate --temp`.

klo weno  
you are rigth, the enviroment problem was the deal. Ty