# Problem installing mshr module on anaconda in ubuntu **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 18, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237 "2020-05-18T10:50:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chigface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@chigface](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/chigface)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237/1 "2020-05-18T10:50:04Z")
Good day everyone, Please i am havingproblem installing mshr on Anaconda in ubuntu. After installing and importing mshr, i have the below errors: ImportError Traceback (most recent call last) in () ----\> 1 import mshr ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.7/site-packages/mshr/ **init**.py in () 22 import dolfin 23 —\> 24 from .cpp import Circle 25 from .cpp import Ellipse 26 from .cpp import Rectangle ImportError: generic\_type: type “CSGGeometry” referenced unknown base type “dolfin::Variable” ---
**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:** [May 18, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237/2 "2020-05-18T11:14:37Z")
See: [Anaconda Installation of Fenics and Mshr](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/anaconda-installation-of-fenics-and-mshr/2062) ---
**Author:** ![chigface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@chigface](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/chigface)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237/3 "2020-05-18T11:52:25Z")
Hi dokken, thanks for ur reply. i tried Huwans suggestion i received the below error: “failed with initial frozen” Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve. Solving environment: | Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages. This can take several minutes. Press CTRL-C to abort. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237/4 "2020-05-18T12:28:04Z")
Did you try the solution from the later posts ? ([Anaconda Installation of Fenics and Mshr](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/anaconda-installation-of-fenics-and-mshr/2062/9)) ---
**Author:** ![azerad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fenicsproject.discourse.group/azerad/32/1355_2.png) [@azerad](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/azerad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237/5 "2020-05-18T13:43:00Z")
I had the same issue with anaconda in macOS I could solve it look here > [@Anaconda Installation of Fenics and Mshr](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/anaconda-installation-of-fenics-and-mshr/2062/9): > > Thank you for your suggestion but slepc is installed I just checked with conda list slepc 3.11.2 h1ce4c84\_1 conda-forge slepc4py 3.11.0 py37hc459697\_0 conda-forge By noticing that the error message could not load libslepc.3.12 I I installed slepc 3.12and everything works now. So the cure is simply to conda install -n fenicsproject -c conda-forge slepc=3.12 replacing fenicsproject by your fenics environement name ---
**Author:** ![chigface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@chigface](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/chigface)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/problem-installing-mshr-module-on-anaconda-in-ubuntu/3237/6 "2020-05-18T14:16:41Z")
Thanks Dokken, i have resoled it using Huwans procedure