# \#ubuntu

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## [Setting triggerbox in SerialOut component on Linux](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/setting-triggerbox-in-serialout-component-on-linux/48107)

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**Author:** [@marwen](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/marwen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/setting-triggerbox-in-serialout-component-on-linux/48107 "2026-10-12T13:58:46Z")

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OS: Ubuntu 22.04 PsychoPy version: 2026.2.0 Py 3.10 Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n): installed within uv environment Hello, I’m trying to send EEG triggers via triggerbox connected through USB. I tried using …

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## [Cannot detect key presses on Ubuntu](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-detect-key-presses-on-ubuntu/47480)

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**Author:** [@Jiangang\_Shan](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Jiangang_Shan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-detect-key-presses-on-ubuntu/47480 "2026-07-28T20:15:51Z")

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Hi all! I’m using Ubuntu 24.04, python 3.10.13 and the lastest Psychopy I installed with pip install wxpython-4.2.5-cp310-cp310-linux\_x86\_64.whl and pip install The problem is that I cannot get any key press with my k…

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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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## [Using Sound and Microphone components in the same experiment crashes experiment (ubuntu)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/using-sound-and-microphone-components-in-the-same-experiment-crashes-experiment-ubuntu/41557)

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**Author:** [@kbmcgowan](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/kbmcgowan)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/using-sound-and-microphone-components-in-the-same-experiment-crashes-experiment-ubuntu/41557 "2025-01-12T13:26:05Z")

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OS (e.g. Win10): Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS PsychoPy version : 2024.2.1 and 2024.2.0 (have not tested older versions yet) Standard Standalone? (y/n) na What are you trying to achieve?: Trying to play audio files for particip…

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## [Running PsychoPy v2024.2.1 on Ubuntu 22.04.4 (using the power of Steam)](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/running-psychopy-v2024-2-1-on-ubuntu-22-04-4-using-the-power-of-steam/41041)

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**Author:** [@JAQuent](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/JAQuent)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/running-psychopy-v2024-2-1-on-ubuntu-22-04-4-using-the-power-of-steam/41041 "2024-08-09T06:44:47Z")

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I’ve tried and failed to install a working version (especially the builder) on my Ubuntu PC. I’ve followed some of the guides but they all didn’t work for me. Because of this, I went a completely different route. I used…

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## [mouse.setPos(newPos=(0,0)) not working in Ubuntu 22.04.4](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mouse-setpos-newpos-0-0-not-working-in-ubuntu-22-04-4/41027)

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**Author:** [@dwbatten](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/dwbatten)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mouse-setpos-newpos-0-0-not-working-in-ubuntu-22-04-4/41027 "2024-08-08T15:07:51Z")

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OS (e.g. Win10): Ubuntu 22.04.4 PsychoPy version (e.g. 1.84.x): 2024.2.0 What are you trying to achieve?: I am trying to have the mouse position reset to a dock at the beginning of a trial. I’ve put together a minimal…

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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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## [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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## [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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## [Cannot upload experiment to Pavlovia on multiple OS](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-upload-experiment-to-pavlovia-on-multiple-os/31539)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_Mitchell](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sam_Mitchell)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-upload-experiment-to-pavlovia-on-multiple-os/31539 "2022-10-24T13:54:35Z")

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Hi all, I am running an updated version of a study that was successfully designed on psychopy and run on Pavlovia earlier this year. The only change to the study has been the stimuli .csv files where it pulls the path t…

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## [Sound doesn't work on Linux](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/sound-doesnt-work-on-linux/29780)

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**Author:** [@naiqixiao](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/naiqixiao)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/sound-doesnt-work-on-linux/29780 "2022-07-02T23:46:19Z")

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I installed PsychoPy 2022.2.0 on Ubuntu 22.04 with this method: https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-1-4-on-ubuntu-22-04/29450 PsychoPy is running well except one big issue: whenever I run from …

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## [Cannot connect to eyelink 1000](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-connect-to-eyelink-1000/24357)

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**Author:** [@lshahsha](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/lshahsha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-connect-to-eyelink-1000/24357 "2021-08-29T01:42:24Z")

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OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Pssychopy version: 2021.2.0 Standalone Hi, I’ve been trying to connect to Eyelink and run the code demo for iohub eyetracking, but so far I haven’t been successful. My Laptop doesn’t have an etherne…

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## [Open file-\>preference report error](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/open-file-preference-report-error/21492)

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**Author:** [@disadone](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/disadone)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/open-file-preference-report-error/21492 "2021-05-26T16:56:56Z")

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psychopy2021.1.3 installed by pip3 Bug report while I open preference Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/psychopy/app/themes/\_themes.py”, line 813, in \_loadBitmap im = wx.…

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## [Can't access preferences or run experiments on Ubuntu 20.04](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cant-access-preferences-or-run-experiments-on-ubuntu-20-04/22137)

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**Author:** [@Jakub\_Jedrusiak](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Jakub_Jedrusiak)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cant-access-preferences-or-run-experiments-on-ubuntu-20-04/22137 "2021-04-15T14:04:27Z")

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Hi. I’ve been trying to install PsychoPy on my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop. Installation process (PsychoPy, wxPython and PsychToolBox) was easy but the problems started afterwards. The first thing I noticed was that PsychoPy was…

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## [Trouble installing on Ubuntu 18.04](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/trouble-installing-on-ubuntu-18-04/10568)

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**Author:** [@Andrew\_Bangor](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Andrew_Bangor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/trouble-installing-on-ubuntu-18-04/10568 "2020-08-23T07:00:47Z")

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I’m having trouble installing PsychoPy on Ubuntu 18.04.1. Any suggestions? $ pip3 install psychopy Runs fine until PyQt5… then this happens: Collecting pyqt5 (from psychopy) Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.o…

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## [Fail to sync with Pavlovia using conda-installed PsychoPy Ubuntu 18.04, extended question](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/fail-to-sync-with-pavlovia-using-conda-installed-psychopy-ubuntu-18-04-extended-question/13681)

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**Author:** [@ht\_cog\_neuro](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/ht_cog_neuro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/fail-to-sync-with-pavlovia-using-conda-installed-psychopy-ubuntu-18-04-extended-question/13681 "2020-05-27T12:55:57Z")

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OS : Ubuntu 18.04 \*\*PsychoPy version : 2020.1.2 conda installed \*\*What are you trying to achieve? : Be able to synch a created project from Psychopy Builder to Pavlovia.org What did you try to make it work?: I insta…

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## [Installation problem with Ubuntu 18.04](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installation-problem-with-ubuntu-18-04/13022)

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**Author:** [@filippogambarota](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/filippogambarota)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installation-problem-with-ubuntu-18-04/13022 "2020-05-05T14:03:17Z")

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Hi! I’m having a lot of problems with ubuntu 18.04. I’ve followed the installation tutorial using pip install psychopy but I get this error: Complete output from command python setup.py egg\_info: Traceback (most rec…

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## [TextStim causes RuntimeError: generator raised StopIteration](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/textstim-causes-runtimeerror-generator-raised-stopiteration/9563)

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**Author:** [@gbrookshire](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/gbrookshire)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/textstim-causes-runtimeerror-generator-raised-stopiteration/9563 "2019-10-24T15:57:59Z")

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Hi all, I’m working on my first experiment with Psychopy 3, and I keep getting an error when I try to start an instance of visual.TextStim. I’m running the standalone Psychopy v3.1.5 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. Here’s a min…

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## [Ubuntu, no experiments will run: ValueError, 'Shader compilation failed'](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/ubuntu-no-experiments-will-run-valueerror-shader-compilation-failed/1574)

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**Author:** [@daniel.riggs1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/daniel.riggs1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/ubuntu-no-experiments-will-run-valueerror-shader-compilation-failed/1574 "2016-12-03T05:23:15Z")

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Hello! Psychopy has been working without problems for me for at least a year, but today a new error cropped up, which won’t let me run any experiments whatsoever, since the error occurs during window creation. This is t…

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## [Installing - Dependencies - Problems with wxPython](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-dependencies-problems-with-wxpython/1444)

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**Author:** [@Soraltan](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Soraltan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/installing-dependencies-problems-with-wxpython/1444 "2016-11-11T16:31:31Z")

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Hi all, I want to work with psychopy under ubuntu (xenial). I wanted to have a new version, hence I omitted apt-get and installed psychopy using pip (http://www.psychopy.org/installation.html - \> Manual Installation). …