Try installing from conda-forge

dwhswenson · dwhswenson · commit 8e9b1480a36a · 2021-05-04T09:43:08.000+02:00
diff --git a/devtools/prepare/transition_analysis_Abl.sh b/devtools/prepare/transition_analysis_Abl.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-conda install --yes --quiet pytables  # doesn't come with MDTraj?
+conda install --yes --quiet -c conda-forge pytables  # doesn't come with MDTraj?
 conda update --yes --quiet --all
 
 bash devtools/figshare_dl_extract.sh 4496795
