# Import Error: No module named 'hail'

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-error-no-module-named-hail/1514>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-error-no-module-named-hail/1514 "2020-07-08T12:23:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-error-no-module-named-hail/1514/21 "2020-07-08T13:48:05Z")

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I’ll update the docs, they changed recently and used to recommend conda…

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**Author:** ![tpoterba](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/tpoterba/32/61_2.png) [@tpoterba](https://discuss.hail.is/u/tpoterba)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-error-no-module-named-hail/1514/22 "2020-07-08T13:49:43Z")

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recommend the following once you’ve got conda installed:

```bash
conda create --name hail python=3.7
conda activate hail
python3 -m pip install hail

```

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