# Unable to Install VMTK Using Conda or Binary

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/unable-to-install-vmtk-using-conda-or-binary/34749>\
**Category:** VMTK\
**Created:** [March 6, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/unable-to-install-vmtk-using-conda-or-binary/34749 "2024-03-06T20:09:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@adhar](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/adhar)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/unable-to-install-vmtk-using-conda-or-binary/34749/1 "2024-03-06T20:09:45Z")

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Hello folks,

I am trying to install vmtk 1.5 in order to run some custom Pypes scripts. I was previously able to use conda to install an earlier version, however, after uninstalling the previous version, no matter what command I use I always get a PackagesNotFoundError. My channels are conda-forge and defaults, and I can see that vmtk 1.5 is on the anaconda site.

I’ve tried with commands “conda install -c conda-forge vmtk” and " conda install vmtk=1.5," which I’ve seen working in other threads, but no luck for me. I’ve also uninstalled anaconda and installed miniconda (which was a hassle), but still no luck. I’ve tried the binary packages for MacOS, but ‘vmtk &’ returns “zsh: command not found: vmtk”, even though it seems like by bash profile is altered in the correct way.

Can anyone help?

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**Author:** ![Sofia\_Gonzalez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sofia_gonzalez/32/78172_2.png) [@Sofia\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sofia_Gonzalez)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/unable-to-install-vmtk-using-conda-or-binary/34749/2 "2024-10-09T08:10:01Z")

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Hello,  
I don’t know if you already solved this problem, but, you should do the next steps:

conda create --name name\_of\_your\_environment python=3.6

This is the latest version that vmtk accepts.  
And to activate it:  
conda activate vmtk\_env

Then you have to put:  
pip install vmtk

pip show vmtk

ANd with this last line you can see if it is installed.