# Dolfinx install error in ubuntu

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**Created:** [March 6, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/dolfinx-install-error-in-ubuntu/10605 "2023-03-06T09:53:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![SmithA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fenicsproject.discourse.group/smitha/32/4779_2.png) [@SmithA](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/SmithA)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/dolfinx-install-error-in-ubuntu/10605/1 "2023-03-06T09:53:28Z")

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pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall dolfinx  
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable  
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement dolfinx (from versions: none)  
ERROR: No matching distribution found for dolfinx

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**Author:** ![dokken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fenicsproject.discourse.group/dokken/32/1560_2.png) [@dokken](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/dokken)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/dolfinx-install-error-in-ubuntu/10605/2 "2023-03-06T09:58:40Z")

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Dolfinx is not a pip package, so I am not sure how you expect this to work. See  
[https://docs.fenicsproject.org/dolfinx/main/python/installation](https://docs.fenicsproject.org/dolfinx/main/python/installation)

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**Author:** ![SmithA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fenicsproject.discourse.group/smitha/32/4779_2.png) [@SmithA](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/SmithA)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/dolfinx-install-error-in-ubuntu/10605/3 "2023-03-06T11:19:23Z")

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Thanks for the reply and will check this out.