# Installation

Note

The library has been tested against Python 3.6 and newer.

## System packages

Install dependencies for pygame first:

    $ sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip build-essential
    $ sudo apt install libsdl-dev libportmidi-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev

And upgrade `pip` and `setuptools`:

    $ sudo -H pip install --upgrade --ignore-installed pip setuptools

## Installing from PyPi

Install the latest version of the luma.emulator library directly from PyPI:

    $ sudo -H pip install --upgrade luma.emulator