# Pip install hail not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/pip-install-hail-not-working/1410>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/pip-install-hail-not-working/1410 "2020-05-13T16:12:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![danking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/danking/32/43_2.png) [@danking](https://discuss.hail.is/u/danking)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/pip-install-hail-not-working/1410/1 "2020-05-13T16:12:47Z")

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Hello!

I am trying to install hail using pip and it is not working. I do not understand what this error message means.

```auto
# pip install hail
Collecting hail
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement hail (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for hail
#

```

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**Author:** ![danking](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.hail.is/danking/32/43_2.png) [@danking](https://discuss.hail.is/u/danking)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/pip-install-hail-not-working/1410/2 "2020-05-13T16:16:21Z")

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Hi! Sorry you’re running into this issue. This means the `pip` you’re using is a Python 2 pip. Try using

```bash
pip3 install hail

```

or

```bash
python3 -m pip install hail

```

If you have Python 3 installed, one of those commands should work. If neither of those commands work, you should verify you installed Python 3 correctly. If you are using Anaconda or Miniconda, you might find the [Ananconda getting started page](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html#managing-python) helpful.