# OSerror while pip install rasa

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273 "2021-07-01T12:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![prajaktaghorpade](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/prajaktaghorpade/32/15644_2.png) [@prajaktaghorpade](https://forum.rasa.com/u/prajaktaghorpade)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/1 "2021-07-01T12:55:05Z")

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I am getting this error while pip install rasa. Please help!

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/2 "2021-07-01T13:14:56Z")

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@prajaktaghorpade `pip3 install rasa` Have you tried? Python Version?

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**Author:** ![prajaktaghorpade](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/prajaktaghorpade/32/15644_2.png) [@prajaktaghorpade](https://forum.rasa.com/u/prajaktaghorpade)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/3 "2021-07-02T11:14:47Z")

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Python version 3.8. I tried pip3. And got the same error

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/4 "2021-07-02T11:17:25Z")

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@prajaktaghorpade your pip version?

create a fresh environment rasa2.7 or rasa3 and install

@prajaktaghorpade try this `pip install rasa[full]` --user

More Info: [Installation](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/installation/)

If still error persist share the error.

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**Author:** ![prajaktaghorpade](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/prajaktaghorpade/32/15644_2.png) [@prajaktaghorpade](https://forum.rasa.com/u/prajaktaghorpade)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/5 "2021-07-02T11:43:26Z")

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I still have an error here. My pip version is 21.1.3

 ![rasaissue2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/8/841c5aa2e3ab19cc869d20ed6b71c4e2046e8796.png) ![rasaissue1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/c/cb2acfde3163b595137d583a135b376c99b30652.png)

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/6 "2021-07-02T11:51:41Z")

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@prajaktaghorpade What steps you doing can you tell me please?

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**Author:** ![prajaktaghorpade](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/prajaktaghorpade/32/15644_2.png) [@prajaktaghorpade](https://forum.rasa.com/u/prajaktaghorpade)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/7 "2021-07-02T13:34:39Z")

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Installed anaconda with python 3.8 Then in the anaconda prompt:

- cd C:\Users\Prajakta\_Ghorpade\Documents\RasaProjects\RasaDemo
- conda create --name installingrasa python==3.8
- conda activate installingrasa
- conda install ujson
- conda install tensorflow
- And finally, pip install rasa or pip3 install rasa (I get the same error either ways)

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**Author:** ![prajaktaghorpade](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/prajaktaghorpade/32/15644_2.png) [@prajaktaghorpade](https://forum.rasa.com/u/prajaktaghorpade)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/8 "2021-07-02T14:19:48Z")

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I always get the error with twilio, should I try installing that?

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/9 "2021-07-02T14:25:32Z")

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@prajaktaghorpade

Installed anaconda with python 3.8 Then in the anaconda prompt:

- cd C:\Users\Prajakta\_Ghorpade\Documents\RasaProjects\RasaDemo
- conda create --name installingrasa python==3.8
- conda activate installingrasa
- And finally, pip install rasa or pip3 install rasa[full] or pip3 install rasa[full] --user

@prajaktaghorpade Please follow this [Installation](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa/installation). I can see you following video installation step. You can ignore those steps and if you found some dependencies whilst installing try install them with the specific versions such as for example tensowflow 2.1 required \>= 2.3 and you have etc try install those dependencies and you will be fine. I guess you will get 4 or 5 red dependencies error (I can be wrong), install each. Good luck. If still I am here 🙂

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/10 "2021-07-02T14:46:50Z")

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I tried pip3 install rasa[full] and pip3 install rasa[full] --user Neither one worked. I got the same error, at collecting twilio. My tensorflow version is 2.3.0. Sorry to disturb you so much!

 ![rasaissue5](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/a/a961e3ce81fe7e9b01cf9e5f189f1cbd47412053.png) ![rasaissue3](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/d/d4f6fa6440fcf91998b0ad5f0c1a898e17c93218.png) ![rasaissue4](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/5/59892a0c60279bbd666141b8602b79a4e39f0ae7.png)

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**Author:** ![nik202](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/nik202/32/16098_2.png) [@nik202](https://forum.rasa.com/u/nik202)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/11 "2021-07-02T14:52:51Z")

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@prajaktaghorpade you created the fresh environment right? have you delete the previous environment from evn directory?

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/12 "2021-07-02T15:53:30Z")

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Yessssss, I did that

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/15 "2021-07-02T18:53:43Z")

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@prajaktaghorpade Try install

Step: 1 Downgrade to `pip install pip==20.1.2`

Step:2 `pip install twilio==6.26`

Step:3 `pip install rasa-sdk=2.6`

Step4: `pip install rasa==2.6.2`

You will see some dependencies install that as mention.

Good Luck!

It will solve your issue.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/oserror-while-pip-install-rasa/45273/16 "2021-07-06T12:21:23Z")

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Thank you so much! You’re an absolute life saver! I couldn’t do it without your help!
