# Installation

Note

The library is supported for Python 3.7 and newer.

## System packages

Install dependencies for pygame first:

    $ sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-numpy libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev build-essential
    $ sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-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:

    $ pip install luma.emulator