# Creating Python application on MangoH Red

**URL:** <https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/creating-python-application-on-mangoh-red/1909>\
**Category:** mangOH Red\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/creating-python-application-on-mangoh-red/1909 "2018-09-14T10:50:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![samjiks1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@samjiks1](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/samjiks1)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/creating-python-application-on-mangoh-red/1909/1 "2018-09-14T10:50:34Z")

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Hi

Is there any possible that I can use Python and Pip on MangoH Red Linux Board. I can’t get to install python3

as it doesn’t accept apt-get install python3. Is there anyone who can help?

Thanks  
Samuel

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**Author:** ![fgodfrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@fgodfrey](https://mangoh.discourse.group/u/fgodfrey)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://mangoh.discourse.group/t/creating-python-application-on-mangoh-red/1909/2 "2018-09-20T16:39:44Z")

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The MangOH is not running a Debian based distribution, hence apt-get doesn’t work. You would need to rebuild the base Yocto stuff with python3 installed. As for Pip… There’s not a lot of built-in flash. You might want to set up an SD card for Pip if you want a lot of packages.

If you’re just doing development, you could do what I ended up doing which is setting up a Debian “chroot” environment on an SD card. In order to do that, I had to rebuild the Yocto kernel to enable ext4.