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<TabItem value="linux"> <TabItem value="linux">
```bash title="Install Meshtastic Flasher" ```bash title="Install Meshtastic Flasher"
python3 --version
# ensure you are using at least python v3.6
# change to a directory where you want to create a python virtual environment
mkdir some_dir
cd some_dir
# if the following command fails, it might tell you what package to install
python3 -m venv venv
# activate the python virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate
# your prompt should change - it should include "(venv) in the front
# upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install meshtastic-flasher pip install meshtastic-flasher
``` ```
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<TabItem value="macos"> <TabItem value="macos">
```bash title="Install Meshtastic Flasher" ```bash title="Install Meshtastic Flasher"
python3 --version
# ensure you are using at least python v3.6
# change to a directory where you want to create a python virtual environment
mkdir some_dir
cd some_dir
python3 -m venv venv
# activate the python virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate
# your prompt should change - it should include "(venv) in the front
# upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install meshtastic-flasher pip install meshtastic-flasher
``` ```
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<TabItem value="windows"> <TabItem value="windows">
```bash title="Install Meshtastic Flasher" ```bash title="Install Meshtastic Flasher"
# open a command prompt
# create a new directory for the python virtual environment
cd c:\
mkdir some_dir
cd some_dir
# check that python version is sufficient, must be at least v3.9+
python -m venv venv
# activate the python virtual environment
venv\Scripts\activate
# your prompt should change - it should have (venv) at the beginning
pip install meshtastic-flasher pip install meshtastic-flasher
``` ```
@ -80,3 +113,4 @@ The following are known limitations:
* Raspberry Pi is not available, since it is arm-based and there are no pre-built libraries for [PySide](https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python) * Raspberry Pi is not available, since it is arm-based and there are no pre-built libraries for [PySide](https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python)
* Ubuntu 20.04 is the version used for testing, it may work with other versions * Ubuntu 20.04 is the version used for testing, it may work with other versions
* see [README](https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-gui-installer/blob/master/README.md) for more details