# Difficulties setting up Kolibri environment on Windows (WSL)

**URL:** <https://community.learningequality.org/t/difficulties-setting-up-kolibri-environment-on-windows-wsl/3933>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 6, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/difficulties-setting-up-kolibri-environment-on-windows-wsl/3933 "2026-01-06T07:26:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![tejasvi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tejasvi](https://community.learningequality.org/u/tejasvi)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/difficulties-setting-up-kolibri-environment-on-windows-wsl/3933/1 "2026-01-06T07:26:05Z")

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I’m trying to set up the Kolibri development environment on WSL Ubuntu. I cloned the repo (`git clone `[GitHub - learningequality/kolibri: Kolibri Learning Platform: the offline app for universal education](https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri)) and navigated into it, but when I try to install the dependencies with `pip install -r requirements.txt` I get an error saying the directory does not exist. I’m using Ubuntu 22.04 on WSL. I followed the instructions provided in [https://kolibri-dev.readthedocs.io/en/develop/getting\_started.html.Could](https://kolibri-dev.readthedocs.io/en/develop/getting_started.html.Could) anyone guide me on how to fix this and properly set up the environment?

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**Author:** ![Allan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/allan/32/1343_2.png) [@Allan](https://community.learningequality.org/u/Allan)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/difficulties-setting-up-kolibri-environment-on-windows-wsl/3933/2 "2026-01-06T12:48:26Z")

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Hi Tejasvi,

Could you share the exact error message you’re seeing when you run `pip install -r requirements.txt`? That will help us diagnose the issue more accurately.

Also, if you could run these commands and share the output, that would be helpful:

```bash
pwd
ls -la

```

Thanks!  
Allan.

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**Author:** ![tejasvi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tejasvi](https://community.learningequality.org/u/tejasvi)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/difficulties-setting-up-kolibri-environment-on-windows-wsl/3933/3 "2026-01-07T05:15:55Z")

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I ran the command **pip install -r requirements.txt** again and it worked . But I have another issue when I tried to install **pip install e .** I keep getting error.

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-06 233759.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/learneq/original/2X/7/7695686583fdaada24cbf891c5ff90b8f182b163.png)

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**Author:** ![Allan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/allan/32/1343_2.png) [@Allan](https://community.learningequality.org/u/Allan)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/difficulties-setting-up-kolibri-environment-on-windows-wsl/3933/4 "2026-01-07T17:44:16Z")

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Hi Tejasvi,

Could you share the complete error output? The screenshot cuts off right after the warnings. The actual error message and traceback should be further down.

You can either take a longer screenshot that includes the full error or copy and paste the entire terminal output

Thanks!