[v2.12.0] `recipe_rainfarm.yml` diagnostic failure

[sloosvel]

Describe the bug
During the recipe testing for version 2.12.0 (#3916), recipe_rainfarm.yml failed to run the diagnostics with the following error:

ERROR: LoadError: ArgumentError: Package YAML [ddb6d928-2868-570f-bddf-ab3f9cf99eb6] is required but does not seem to be installed:
 - Run `Pkg.instantiate()` to install all recorded dependencies.

Stacktrace:
  [1] _require(pkg::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1926
  [2] __require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1812
  [3] #invoke_in_world#3
    @ ./essentials.jl:926 [inlined]
  [4] invoke_in_world
    @ ./essentials.jl:923 [inlined]
  [5] _require_prelocked(uuidkey::Base.PkgId, env::String)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1803
  [6] macro expansion
    @ ./loading.jl:1790 [inlined]
  [7] macro expansion
    @ ./lock.jl:267 [inlined]
  [8] __require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1753
  [9] #invoke_in_world#3
    @ ./essentials.jl:926 [inlined]
 [10] invoke_in_world
    @ ./essentials.jl:923 [inlined]
 [11] require(into::Module, mod::Symbol)
    @ Base ./loading.jl:1746
in expression starting at /home/b/b381943/release/ESMValTool/esmvaltool/diag_scripts/rainfarm/rainfarm.jl:29

Please attach

• See the logs at https://esmvaltool.dkrz.de/shared/esmvaltool/v2.12.0/recipe_rainfarm_20250224_085242/run/

[bouweandela]

From the error message, it looks like a dependency is not installed. Did you run the command esmvaltool install Julia prior to running the recipe?

[valeriupredoi]

this recipe is now retired via #4045 so am closing this