使用conda安装床上工具(Windows)

Question

我一直在尝试在Windows10的Anaconda2环境中安装bedtools，但在这3个通道上都遇到了这个错误。有人知道发生了什么吗?为什么我不能安装它？

(py36) C:\Users\User>conda install -c bioconda bedtools  
(py36) C:\Users\User>conda install -c cgat bedtools  
(py36) C:\Users\User>conda install -c biobuilds bedtools     

Solving environment: failed     
PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels: - bedtools                    
Current channels:                 
- https://conda.anaconda.org/bioconda/win-64                         
- https://conda.anaconda.org/bioconda/noarch                         
- https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64                      
- https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch                      
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64                         
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch                         
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/win-64                         
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/free/noarch                         
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64                            
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch                            
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/win-64                          
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/pro/noarch                          
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/win-64                        
- https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/msys2/noarch                        
- https://conda.anaconda.org/cgat/win-64                             
- https://conda.anaconda.org/cgat/noarch                             
- https://conda.anaconda.org/biobuilds/win-64                        
- https://conda.anaconda.org/biobuilds/noarch                                      

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Answer 1

在bedtools conda页面https://anaconda.org/bioconda/bedtools上，它只支持linux或osx。床上工具页面https://bedtools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/content/installation.html也是如此

解决方法：

1. https://hub.docker.com/r/biocontainers/bedtools/    **Simplest, need install Docker.** 
2. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36969824/using-anaconda-environments-with-cygwin-on-windows   **Complicate, if really need use windows.** 
3. Install VirtualBox and run linux and conda. **For long term solution if you need other bioinformatics analysis.**