# Pylivetrader not installing on mac

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pylivetrader-not-installing-on-mac/987>\
**Category:** Tutorials\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pylivetrader-not-installing-on-mac/987 "2020-03-18T04:01:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![UN\_Owen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba8739/32.png) [@UN\_Owen](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/UN_Owen)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/pylivetrader-not-installing-on-mac/987/1 "2020-03-18T04:01:58Z")

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I am trying to install pylivetrader using the following commands from [https://github.com/alpacahq/pylivetrader:](https://github.com/alpacahq/pylivetrader:)

```auto
$ python3.6 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
(venv)$ pip install pylivetrader

```

However, I get the error:

 ![Screen Shot 2020-03-18 at 2.57.36 pm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/alp/original/1X/bb55460c971436d1971b0f4d617a2fa513f5ec26.jpeg)

I would be grateful for any help that you guys might have to offer.