# Error when running Rasa init command

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-when-running-rasa-init-command/20476>\
**Category:** Getting Started with Rasa\
**Created:** [October 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-when-running-rasa-init-command/20476 "2019-10-25T14:25:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![coorfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@coorfang](https://forum.rasa.com/u/coorfang)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-when-running-rasa-init-command/20476/1 "2019-10-25T14:25:59Z")

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Hello People,

I was following the manual installing tutorial

I did the following steps:

```bash
python3 -m venv --system-site-packages ./venv
source ./venv/bin/activate

```

```bash
pip3 install rasa-x --extra-index-url https://pypi.rasa.com/simple

```

However when I tried to run `rasa init --no-prompt` , it reports the following error:

```bash
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/xxxxx/Rasa/rasa-nlu-demo/venv/bin/rasa", line 6, in <module>
    from rasa. __main__ import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'rasa'

```

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Arjaan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/arjaan/32/5754_2.png) [@Arjaan](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Arjaan)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/error-when-running-rasa-init-command/20476/2 "2019-10-30T19:55:27Z")

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Hi @coorfang ,

those are indeed the correct steps, so I need a bit more information to help you figure out what is going on.

From the error message it appears you’re using macOS, is that correct?

What python version are you using? You can check with:

> $ python3 --version

It needs to be python 3.6 or 3.7.

If that is OK, can you please repeat the steps, and check if you see any error messages or warnings during the installation process?