# FEniCSx installation

**URL:** <https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/fenicsx-installation/14547>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 6, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/fenicsx-installation/14547 "2024-05-06T08:20:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![viveksingh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@viveksingh](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/viveksingh)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/fenicsx-installation/14547/1 "2024-05-06T08:20:26Z")

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I am new to Ubuntu and FEniCSx. So please forgive me if this is a basic question. I installed FEniCSx using the following code mentioned on the downloads page of the official fenics project website:  
conda create -n fenicsx-env  
conda activate fenicsx-env  
conda install -c conda-forge fenics-dolfinx mpich pyvista

After installation when I run ‘dolfinx-version’ it says ‘Command ‘dolfinx-version’ not found’ but for ‘dolfin-version’ it gives ‘2019.2.0.13.dev0’.

I want to know if this is the latest FEniCSx 0.8 version or not. And if not what is the correct procedure for installing it.

Thanks a lot in advance.

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**Author:** ![francesco-ballarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@francesco-ballarin](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/francesco-ballarin)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/fenicsx-installation/14547/2 "2024-05-06T08:53:10Z")

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With `dolfin-version` you are probably getting a `dolfin` installation from apt.

There isn’t a `dolfinx-version`, just open a python3 terminal and type

```auto
import dolfinx
print(dolfinx. __version__ )

```

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**Author:** ![viveksingh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@viveksingh](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/viveksingh)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/fenicsx-installation/14547/3 "2024-05-06T12:44:27Z")

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Thanks Francesco for your reply. Your suggestion helped.