Problem installing chewBBACA on Windows

[harayalen]

I'm trying to install chewBBACA 3.3.9 on Windows 10 pro using mamba, but I'm running into issues with BLAST dependency. I am using mamba on conda 24.5.0 with Python 3.9.
Command used:
Copymamba create -c bioconda -c conda-forge -n chewie "chewbbaca=3.3.9"
Error received:
CopyCould not solve for environment specs
The following package could not be installed
└─ chewbbaca 3.3.9** is not installable because it requires
└─ blast >=2.9.0 , which does not exist (perhaps a missing channel).
I've tried adding additional channels, installing BLAST separately, and trying different versions, but to no avail.
Is there a version of BLAST compatible with chewBBACA 3.3.9 available for Windows? Are there any known issues installing chewBBACA 3.3.9 on Windows? Is there any recommended workaround for Windows users?
I would appreciate any guidance on how to resolve this issue.

[ramirma]

Thank you @harayalen for your interest in chewBBACA. We do not recommend running chewBBACA on Windows and we do not test chewBBACA in Windows. We had another user reporting problems with BLAST in Windows some time ago (#74) so I suspect this may be a general problem.
Although a Windows compatible version is in the roadmap for chewBBACA we have yet to start work on this.
Mario