Install psutil
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Linux, Windows, macOS (wheels)
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Pre-compiled wheels are distributed for these platforms, so you won't have to
install a C compiler. All you have to do is::
pip install psutil
If wheels are not available for your platform or architecture, or you whish to
build & install psutil from sources, keep reading.
Linux (build)
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Ubuntu / Debian::
sudo apt-get install gcc python3-dev
pip install --no-binary :all: psutil
RedHat / CentOS::
sudo yum install gcc python3-devel
pip install --no-binary :all: psutil
Windows (build)
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In order to install psutil from sources on Windows you need Visual Studio
(MinGW is not supported).
Here's a couple of guides describing how to do it: `link `__
and `link `__.
Once VS is installed do::
pip install --no-binary :all: psutil
macOS (build)
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Install `Xcode `__ then run::
pip install --no-binary :all: psutil
FreeBSD
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::
pkg install python3 gcc
python3 -m pip install psutil
OpenBSD
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::
export PKG_PATH=http://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/`uname -r`/packages/`uname -m`/
pkg_add -v python gcc
pip install psutil
NetBSD
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::
export PKG_PATH="ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/`uname -m`/`uname -r`/All"
pkg_add -v pkgin
pkgin install python3 gcc
pip install psutil
Sun Solaris
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If ``cc`` compiler is not installed create a symbolic link to ``gcc``::
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/gcc /usr/local/bin/cc
Install::
pkg install gcc
pip install psutil
Troubleshooting
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Install pip
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Pip is shipped by default with Python 2.7.9+ and 3.4+.
If you don't have pip you can install with wget::
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -O - | python3
...or with curl::
python3 < <(curl -s https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py)
On Windows, `download pip `__, open
cmd.exe and install it with::
py get-pip.py
"pip not found"
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Sometimes pip is installed but it's not available in your ``PATH``
("pip command not found" or similar). Try this::
python3 -m pip install psutil
Permission errors (UNIX)
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If you want to install psutil system-wide and you bump into permission errors
either run as root user or prepend ``sudo``::
sudo pip install psutil