# Error installing Rasax

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299>\
**Category:** \[Deprecated\] Rasa X Community Edition\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299 "2019-05-24T08:08:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![MislavSag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MislavSag](https://forum.rasa.com/u/MislavSag)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/1 "2019-05-24T08:08:12Z")

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Hi,

I am new to rasa. I have just tried to install rasa-x using :

`pip install rasa-x --extra-index-url https://pypi.rasa.com/simple`

But it returns an error:

```
    Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://pypi.rasa.com/simple
    Collecting rasa-x
      Downloading https://pypi.rasa.com/api/package/rasa-x/rasa-x-0.19.0.tar.gz (1.8
    MB)
         |████████████████████████████████| 1.8MB 2.2MB/s
      Installing build dependencies ... error
      ERROR: Complete output from command 'c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum
    \anaconda3\python.exe' 'c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\
    site-packages\pip' install --ignore-installed --no-user --prefix 'C:\Users\msago
    vac\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-2f12rcwg\overlay' --no-warn-script-location
     --no-binary :none: --only-binary :none: -i https://pypi.org/simple --extra-inde
    x-url https://pypi.rasa.com/simple -- 'setuptools>=30.3.0' wheel setuptools_scm=
    =3.2.0:
      ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\runpy.py", lin
    e 193, in _run_module_as_main
          " __main__", mod_spec)
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\runpy.py", lin
    e 85, in _run_code
          exec(code, run_globals)
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\ __main__.py", line 16, in <module>
          from pip._internal import main as _main # isort:skip # noqa
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\ __init__.py", line 40, in <module>
          from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\cli\autocompletion.py", line 8, in <module>
          from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\cli\main_parser.py", line 12, in <module>
          from pip._internal.commands import (
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\commands\ __init__.py", line 6, in <module>
          from pip._internal.commands.completion import CompletionCommand
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\commands\completion.py", line 6, in <module>
          from pip._internal.cli.base_command import Command
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 25, in <module>
          from pip._internal.index import PackageFinder
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\index.py", line 41, in <module>
          from pip._internal.wheel import Wheel
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    pip\_internal\wheel.py", line 7, in <module>
          import compileall
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\compileall.py"
    , line 20, in <module>
          from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    concurrent\futures\ __init__.py", line 8, in <module>
          from concurrent.futures._base import (FIRST_COMPLETED,
        File "c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\
    concurrent\futures\_base.py", line 381
          raise exception_type, self._exception, self._traceback
                              ^
      SyntaxError: invalid syntax
      ----------------------------------------
    ERROR: Command "'c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\python.exe'
     'c:\users\msagovac\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip' ins
    tall --ignore-installed --no-user --prefix 'C:\Users\msagovac\AppData\Local\Temp
    \pip-build-env-2f12rcwg\overlay' --no-warn-script-location --no-binary :none: --
    only-binary :none: -i https://pypi.org/simple --extra-index-url https://pypi.ras
    a.com/simple -- 'setuptools>=30.3.0' wheel setuptools_scm==3.2.0" failed with er
    ror code 1 in None

```

I have successfully installed rasa with

`pip install rasa`

I am on windows 7.

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**Author:** ![mandarsuryavanshi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/mandarsuryavanshi/32/2780_2.png) [@mandarsuryavanshi](https://forum.rasa.com/u/mandarsuryavanshi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/2 "2019-05-24T09:18:58Z")

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[http://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/installation-and-setup/](http://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/installation-and-setup/) follow this

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**Author:** ![MislavSag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MislavSag](https://forum.rasa.com/u/MislavSag)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/3 "2019-05-24T11:50:04Z")

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@mandarsuryavanshi, I followed installation docs, but it returned an error after I ran pip command.

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**Author:** ![mandarsuryavanshi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/mandarsuryavanshi/32/2780_2.png) [@mandarsuryavanshi](https://forum.rasa.com/u/mandarsuryavanshi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/4 "2019-05-24T12:28:43Z")

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try installing using pip3

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**Author:** ![MislavSag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MislavSag](https://forum.rasa.com/u/MislavSag)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/5 "2019-05-24T12:34:43Z")

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Didn’t work with pip3.

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**Author:** ![mandarsuryavanshi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/mandarsuryavanshi/32/2780_2.png) [@mandarsuryavanshi](https://forum.rasa.com/u/mandarsuryavanshi)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/6 "2019-05-24T12:37:52Z")

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did u install pip3 for python3

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/7 "2019-05-24T12:59:44Z")

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which python version are you on?

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**Author:** ![MislavSag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MislavSag](https://forum.rasa.com/u/MislavSag)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/8 "2019-05-27T12:29:21Z")

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‘3.6.7 (default, Feb 28 2019, 07:28:18) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]’

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/9 "2019-05-28T16:20:24Z")

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Could you check which pip version you have installed? And also the output of `pip show setuptools`

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**Author:** ![Mounika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mounika](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Mounika)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/10 "2019-07-01T10:52:53Z")

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Hi,

I’m facing the same issue. Following is the output of pip show setuptools

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/c/c587b1c446f377ec1b7c8568a93a7d381895be04.png)

Please help me with this.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![akelad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/akelad/32/69_2.png) [@akelad](https://forum.rasa.com/u/akelad)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/11 "2019-07-05T13:45:29Z")

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Could you post the exact error you’re getting along with the installation command? And your python version

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**Author:** ![Mounika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mounika](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Mounika)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/12 "2019-07-05T16:57:06Z")

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Following is the error:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/3/3c4ab9602d8362441ec7d55460ea897abd44ba52.png)

Python Version : 3.6.5@akelad

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**Author:** ![Mounika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mounika](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Mounika)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/13 "2019-07-06T06:09:58Z")

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I solved it using this [Pip fails when trying to install rasa-x](http://forum.rasa.com/t/pip-fails-when-trying-to-install-rasa-x/10095)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![crystaltaggart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/crystaltaggart/32/4090_2.png) [@crystaltaggart](https://forum.rasa.com/u/crystaltaggart)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-installing-rasax/10299/14 "2019-07-20T15:15:07Z")

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For anyone getting this error on Mac, I found the problem was with the greenlet library not installing. So then I found this error referenced on a different library that uses greenlet. The answer was the last solution: [Unable to install on Mac OS X due to errors with greenlet · Issue #404 · locustio/locust · GitHub](https://github.com/locustio/locust/issues/404)

I ended up running this to fix it:

```
xcode-select --install

```

referenced here: [xcode - Invalid active developer path error after upgrading to El Capitan - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32896524/invalid-active-developer-path-error-after-upgrading-to-el-capitan#34125428)
