# Scipy installation in slicer 4.10.1

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scipy-installation-in-slicer-4-10-1/10369>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scipy-installation-in-slicer-4-10-1/10369 "2020-02-20T19:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![aseman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@aseman](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/aseman)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scipy-installation-in-slicer-4-10-1/10369/1 "2020-02-20T19:12:01Z")

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Operating system: Linux  
Slicer version: 4.10.1

Hi 3D Slicer experts and all  
I want to install Scipy using pip.main([‘install’, ‘scipy’]) , but I get an error, as shown in the following figure. Can you help me with this problem?  
1- How can I install Scipy?  
2- what is the cause of this problem?  
Thanks a lot

 ![scipy installation](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/8/580adec9fae65d6ec08ce3529dede59d83f057f2.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/scipy-installation-in-slicer-4-10-1/10369/2 "2020-02-20T19:19:31Z")

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You need to use Slicer-4.11.x and install scipy by typing

```
pip_install('scipy')

```

in Slicer’s python console (it is just a shortcut for launching pip install).