# \#installation

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## [Updating PsychoPy without impacting older studies](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/updating-psychopy-without-impacting-older-studies/45328)

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**Author:** [@jessie.hartskyj](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/jessie.hartskyj)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/updating-psychopy-without-impacting-older-studies/45328 "2025-08-07T19:32:46Z")

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Hi! I am working with PsychoPy on a presentation computer (Win10) for MRI, this computer is not connected to internet. We currently have a multisite study ongoing at our centre that very specifically needs a PsychoPy ve…

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## [Psychopy builder does not start on Ubuntu](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-builder-does-not-start-on-ubuntu/44985)

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**Author:** [@MNentwich](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/MNentwich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-builder-does-not-start-on-ubuntu/44985 "2025-06-12T12:19:19Z")

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Hi, I have been following this guide to install psychopy 2022.1.4 on Ubuntu 22.04. (How to install PsychoPy 2022.1.4 on Ubuntu 22.04) OS 22.04 PsychoPy version (e.g. 2022.1.4 Py 3.8): Standard Standalone Installation…

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## [Launching Psychopy 2024.2.5 on Ubuntu 22.04 with python 3.10](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/launching-psychopy-2024-2-5-on-ubuntu-22-04-with-python-3-10/44291)

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**Author:** [@alanm](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/alanm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/launching-psychopy-2024-2-5-on-ubuntu-22-04-with-python-3-10/44291 "2025-03-18T22:35:18Z")

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I’ve installed psychopy 2024.2.5 on a clean install of Ubuntu 22.04, following this page. I decided to use 22.04 rather than 24.04 since 22.04 still uses python3.10 as default. I am able to get through the install steps,…

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## [Error installing Psychopy](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-installing-psychopy/41297)

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**Author:** [@stanley1O1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/stanley1O1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-installing-psychopy/41297 "2025-02-27T09:43:18Z")

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I am trying to install Psychopy on and older Windows machine via a usb (as it cannot connect to the internet), for a separate testing user account. The original user has a version of psychopy that is compatible with the …

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## [Psychopy builder not starting](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-builder-not-starting/43981)

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**Author:** [@Mary\_Takacs](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Mary_Takacs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-builder-not-starting/43981 "2025-02-21T21:01:14Z")

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If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch. OS : Win 7 PsychoPy version : 2020.1.3 Standard Standalone? (y/n) : yes \*\*What are you trying to achieve?: start my experiment Wha…

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## [Psychopy plugin for brainproducts - whl file download](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-plugin-for-brainproducts-whl-file-download/43305)

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**Author:** [@Mary\_Takacs](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Mary_Takacs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-plugin-for-brainproducts-whl-file-download/43305 "2024-12-17T11:20:40Z")

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Hi all, I am planning to use RS research Eye link and BrainProducts EEG simultaneously in my doctoral research on an offline computer in our lab. I downloaded the SR research whl file for the plugin installation to psyc…

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## [Malicious in the sandbox tests](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/malicious-in-the-sandbox-tests/40005)

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**Author:** [@Carl](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Carl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/malicious-in-the-sandbox-tests/40005 "2024-11-14T06:09:44Z")

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Hello community, I was trying to install Psychopy in our lab on campus. However, the IT team told me that after testing in the sandbox, the Psychopy standalone installer (2024.1.4) was detected as malicious software tha…

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## [2024.2.2 installing with StandAlone](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/2024-2-2-installing-with-standalone/41814)

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**Author:** [@Deniz\_Yilmaz](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Deniz_Yilmaz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/2024-2-2-installing-with-standalone/41814 "2024-09-28T15:24:26Z")

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Hello, I tried to install 2024.2.2 compatibility version. While extracting DLLs, it failed to extract libssl-1.1dll and lib crypto-1\_1.dll. I ignored them and continued installing. After the installation, the builder st…

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## [Installation of PsychoPy in Raspberry Pi 4](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installation-of-psychopy-in-raspberry-pi-4/40945)

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**Author:** [@GratsakisA](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/GratsakisA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installation-of-psychopy-in-raspberry-pi-4/40945 "2024-07-30T10:03:37Z")

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Hello! I’m beginner in PsychoPy and I’m trying to install the PsychoPy in Raspberry Pi 4 -in order to run an experiment- following this instruction but I face a lot of problem in the installation. Do you have any idea? …

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## [Installation on Debian 12](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installation-on-debian-12/38033)

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**Author:** [@TChauhan](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/TChauhan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installation-on-debian-12/38033 "2024-06-06T19:15:27Z")

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Hi, We have psychopy installed on all our laboratory computers which run Debian 11. For this, we had the following dependencies (defined using poetry syntax, but we will soon migrate to pdm) : python = "~3.9" numpy = "…

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## [PsychoPy 2022.2.3 Installation on Linux](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-2022-2-3-installation-on-linux/40302)

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**Author:** [@Seann0820](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Seann0820)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-2022-2-3-installation-on-linux/40302 "2024-06-05T22:21:22Z")

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Hi, We are currently working on a replication project that needs us to run experiments using PsychoPy version 2022.2.3, identical to the version used in the previous experiment. We are using a Linux system and found for…

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## [Psychopy installation on Raspberry Pi 4](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-installation-on-raspberry-pi-4/40208)

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**Author:** [@Emily1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Emily1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-installation-on-raspberry-pi-4/40208 "2024-06-01T16:48:29Z")

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Anyone have a functioning pipeline for installing psychopy on a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B? I am using Raspberry Pi OS (64 bit) and attempting to use the below instructions to install using python 3.11, but am running into m…

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## [Psychopy3 won't run my old script](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy3-wont-run-my-old-script/24518)

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**Author:** [@sonhkim](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/sonhkim)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy3-wont-run-my-old-script/24518 "2024-03-06T16:10:29Z")

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Hi all, I’ve newly installed PsychoPy3 to run one of my old scripts. It used to run without any issues on a previous version of PsychoPy (I don’t remember which version it was exactly, but my original script was written…

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## [Mac Sonoma 14.3 installation error (could not find a local HDF5 during tables installation)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mac-sonoma-14-3-installation-error-could-not-find-a-local-hdf5-during-tables-installation/38501)

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**Author:** [@Tefertiller](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Tefertiller)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mac-sonoma-14-3-installation-error-could-not-find-a-local-hdf5-during-tables-installation/38501 "2024-02-05T10:54:16Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to install on mac using anaconda. I have done this before, but when I was creating a new environment, it would not build wheels properly. I have gone as far to update my OS, update Xcode, an entirely …

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## [Installing psychopy using pip - what's the latest recommendation since the option on the docs fails on most systems](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-psychopy-using-pip-whats-the-latest-recommendation-since-the-option-on-the-docs-fails-on-most-systems/29729)

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**Author:** [@Stephen\_Gruppetta](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Stephen_Gruppetta)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-psychopy-using-pip-whats-the-latest-recommendation-since-the-option-on-the-docs-fails-on-most-systems/29729 "2024-01-28T16:02:43Z")

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I appreciate there are other posts on installation problems, and I’ve looked through most of them—many are old and no longer relevant. What is the current recommendation to install via pip? I had problems and I’ve been …

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## [Provide Flatpak app?](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/provide-flatpak-app/36382)

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**Author:** [@cbrnr](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/cbrnr)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/provide-flatpak-app/36382 "2024-01-10T14:27:00Z")

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Installing PsychoPy on Windows and macOS is pretty straightforward, because there are standalone installers for these platforms. However, installing PsychoPy on Linux has been rather difficult, and this topic has been br…

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## [Installing PsychoPy on Linux (RHEL)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-psychopy-on-linux-rhel/30537)

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**Author:** [@arnon\_weinberg](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/arnon_weinberg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-psychopy-on-linux-rhel/30537 "2024-01-09T02:56:55Z")

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The official Linux installation documentation is woefully out of date. This is the process I used to install PsychoPy 2022.2.4 on AlmaLinux 9. The below should work on any RHEL 9 compatible distro (Rocky, CentOS, Fedo…

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## [Launching Issue](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/launching-issue/38010)

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**Author:** [@Dora\_Takacs](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Dora_Takacs)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/launching-issue/38010 "2024-01-02T09:56:06Z")

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OS : macOS 11.4 PsychoPy version (e.g. 1.84.x): 2023.2.3. for macOS \*\*Standard Standalone? (y/n) y but also tried pip install and conda \*\*What are you trying to achieve?: I would like to run PsychoPy. I had it before…

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## [Freetype isn't installed (again)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/freetype-isnt-installed-again/38013)

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**Author:** [@opherdonchin](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/opherdonchin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/freetype-isnt-installed-again/38013 "2024-01-02T09:48:09Z")

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Hi, I’m getting errors running PsychoPy because it can’t find freetype.dll. I see that the issue has been discussed in the past but not recently. Is there a series of steps that I can take to deal with the problem? Oph…

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## [Anaconda installation for psychopy fails on Mac](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/anaconda-installation-for-psychopy-fails-on-mac/37822)

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**Author:** [@Sebastian\_Montesinos](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sebastian_Montesinos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/anaconda-installation-for-psychopy-fails-on-mac/37822 "2023-12-05T19:48:11Z")

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Using the yml provided to create a psychophysics environment on Mac has not worked for a while. Below is the text I get when trying to install psychophy on the latest OS. Is there any plan or update to provide a way to i…

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## [Raspberry Pi - error in pyglet](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/raspberry-pi-error-in-pyglet/11025)

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**Author:** [@balajisriram](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/balajisriram)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/raspberry-pi-error-in-pyglet/11025 "2023-11-20T16:20:06Z")

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Hi all, I’ve been playing around with installing psychopy on the raspberry-pi 4b (running raspbian buster). My goal is to try out the timing test and show some simple stimuli. I am facing errors which leads to a Segment…

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## [Python shell not responding](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/python-shell-not-responding/36890)

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**Author:** [@terronymous-boosh](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/terronymous-boosh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/python-shell-not-responding/36890 "2023-10-15T17:48:28Z")

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Dear All, Windows 11 (64 bit) PsychoPy 2022.2.5 I’m using PsychoPy for some teaching, having students install it on their personal devices. For one student running on a Windows 11 laptop they are having problems launc…

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## [How to install PsychoPy 2022.2.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 using virtualenv](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-2-4-on-ubuntu-22-04-using-virtualenv/30125)

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**Author:** [@bastosfh](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/bastosfh)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-2-4-on-ubuntu-22-04-using-virtualenv/30125 "2023-10-05T20:22:36Z")

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Here, I’ll show how to install PsychoPy in a virtual environment, so we can use python 3.8 instead of python 3.10 (which comes with Ubuntu 22.04), but in a “sandboxed” way, without touching python’s system install. Firs…

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## [Cannot open Psychopy 2023.1.2 on Ubuntu 22.04](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-open-psychopy-2023-1-2-on-ubuntu-22-04/34717)

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**Author:** [@ferluna90](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/ferluna90)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-open-psychopy-2023-1-2-on-ubuntu-22-04/34717 "2023-05-11T08:54:30Z")

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Hi all, I followed the instructions on the website Installation — PsychoPy v2023.2.3 and could install Psychopy in Linux (Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, 64 bits, GNOME 42.5). However, I cannot open Psychopy yet. I have the followi…

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## [Unable to install windows 10](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-install-windows-10/34828)

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**Author:** [@dntowers](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/dntowers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unable-to-install-windows-10/34828 "2023-05-10T21:40:00Z")

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I just installed python 3.11 on a windows 10 machine and attempted to install psychopy. The pip failed at installing wxpython, saying it was missing module “attrdict”. I found a solution online that said to install att…

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## [How to install PsychoPy on Ubuntu 21.10](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-on-ubuntu-21-10/26762)

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**Author:** [@bastosfh](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/bastosfh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-on-ubuntu-21-10/26762 "2023-05-05T13:40:27Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve found some time to play with the installation of PsychoPy in Ubuntu 21.10 and, as it went well, I thought someone else could need this. Hopefully, this set of instructions will also work with Ubuntu 22…

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## [Installing on Pop OS (Ubuntu 22.04)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-on-pop-os-ubuntu-22-04/34640)

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**Author:** [@drfeinberg](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/drfeinberg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-on-pop-os-ubuntu-22-04/34640 "2023-05-01T15:33:50Z")

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Hi Folks, I’ve managed to install the latest version psychopy on my linux box, which is running Pop OS (Ubuntu 22.04). I’ve got it installed, all the dependencies, wx, etc, everything appears fine, but when I run the p…

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## [Would a Debian/Ubuntu/... package be useful?](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/would-a-debian-ubuntu-package-be-useful/34301)

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**Author:** [@daniel.e.shub](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/daniel.e.shub)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/would-a-debian-ubuntu-package-be-useful/34301 "2023-04-12T10:35:59Z")

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I maintain, or more accurately don’t maintain, the PsychoPy package for Arch. It looks like 2023.1.1 works with Python 3.10 and I can finally update the package. There was a time when there was a Debian package. Is this …

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## [Yet another topic on installation & dependencies](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/yet-another-topic-on-installation-dependencies/28414)

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**Author:** [@kxKkPbRawwdwEu](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/kxKkPbRawwdwEu)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/yet-another-topic-on-installation-dependencies/28414 "2023-04-01T01:51:00Z")

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This topic is somewhat related to the discussion Require only hard dependencies in pip install - Development - PsychoPy, but it’s not about the number of dependencies rather than improving the installation process. \<Upd…

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## [How to install PsychoPy 2022.1.4 on Ubuntu 22.04](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-1-4-on-ubuntu-22-04/29450)

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**Author:** [@bastosfh](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/bastosfh)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-1-4-on-ubuntu-22-04/29450 "2023-03-30T00:31:16Z")

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Hi everyone, Ubuntu 22.04 comes with Python 3.10 and I could not - for the life of me - make it work with PsychoPy 2022.1.4. So, the “solution” I found was to install Python 3.9, since they seem to like each other. Fir…

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