# Inky What: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement inky

**URL:** https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-what-could-not-find-a-version-that-satisfies-the-requirement-inky/17182
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-what-could-not-find-a-version-that-satisfies-the-requirement-inky/17182 "2021-05-21T11:46:39Z")
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### Author: ![sebbal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sebbal](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/sebbal)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-what-could-not-find-a-version-that-satisfies-the-requirement-inky/17182/1 "2021-05-21T11:46:39Z")

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This is what I get when trying to install inky:

```
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl https://get.pimoroni.com/inky -k | bash 

```

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current  
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed  
100 38854 100 38854 0 0 85295 0 --:–:-- --:–:-- --:–:-- 85581

This script will install everything needed to use  
Inky pHAT & wHAT

Always be careful when running scripts and commands copied  
from the internet. Ensure they are from a trusted source.

If you want to see what this script does before running it,  
you should run: ‘curl [https://get.pimoroni.com/inky](https://get.pimoroni.com/inky)’

Note: Inky pHAT & wHAT requires SPI communication  
Note: Inky pHAT & wHAT requires I2C communication

Do you wish to continue? [y/N] y

Checking environment…  
Updating apt indexes…  
…

Checking hardware requirements…

Checking for packages required for GPIO control…  
raspi-gpio is already installed  
RPi.GPIO installed and up-to-date

SPI already enabled

Checking packages required by SPI interface…  
spidev installed and up-to-date

I2C already enabled

Checking packages required by I2C interface…  
Python 2 smbus installed and up-to-date  
Python 3 smbus installed and up-to-date

Inky pHAT & wHAT comes with examples and documentation that you may wish to install.  
Performing a full install will ensure those resources are installed,  
along with all required dependencies. It may however take a while!

Do you wish to perform a full install? [y/N] y

Checking for dependencies…  
python-numpy is already installed  
python3-numpy is already installed  
python-pil is already installed  
python3-pil is already installed  
python-lxml is already installed  
python3-lxml is already installed  
python-smbus is already installed  
python3-smbus is already installed

Installing Inky pHAT & wHAT library for Python 2…

Collecting inky  
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement inky (from versions: )  
No matching distribution found for inky  
Python 2 library install failed!  
If problems persist, visit [forums.pimoroni.com](http://forums.pimoroni.com) for support

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### Author: ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-what-could-not-find-a-version-that-satisfies-the-requirement-inky/17182/2 "2021-05-21T11:51:21Z")

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Try  
`pip3 install inky[rpi,fonts]`

[GitHub - pimoroni/inky: Combined library for V2/V3 Inky pHAT and Inky wHAT.](https://github.com/pimoroni/inky)

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### Author: ![sebbal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@sebbal](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/sebbal)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-what-could-not-find-a-version-that-satisfies-the-requirement-inky/17182/3 "2021-05-21T12:37:11Z")

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Somehow it worked now. I assume there was just some temporary issues with our network. Anyhow the install script went through and finished successfully. Thanks for your help!

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### Author: ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/inky-what-could-not-find-a-version-that-satisfies-the-requirement-inky/17182/4 "2021-05-21T17:34:26Z")

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That’s good to hear. Now you can have some fun.
