It seems that once you sort out your PATH (which mine was broken details Why is python using 3.8.1 and 3.9, then fail to install packages (ERROR: Package pkg requires a different Python: 3.8.1 not in '>=3.9.0')? - Stack Overflow 2) then create a conda env with python 3.9 things seemed to work. Somehow Python 3.10 might be too new and borken.