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Can't install with Anaconda on macOS

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
anaconda, macos, python

Research direction

Start by reproducing both failures: the conda install command and conda env create -f cqgui_env.yml -n cqgui. Inspect cqgui_env.yml and the package channels or metadata involved in resolving cadquery=master; done means the documented installation succeeds on macOS without PackagesNotFoundError or ResolvePackageNotFound.

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Description

Running

conda install -c cadquery -c conda-forge cq-editor=master

fails with

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:

  - cq-editor=master

Current channels:

  - https://conda.anaconda.org/cadquery/osx-arm64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/cadquery/noarch
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-arm64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-arm64
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-arm64
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/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.

Cloning the repo and running

conda env create -f cqgui_env.yml -n cqgui

fails with

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

ResolvePackageNotFound:
  - cadquery=master
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