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title: "Install the Shogun Post Python module"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun18/13664269/Install%20the%20Shogun%20Post%20Python%20module"
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To use Python and the Shogun Post Python modules, you must first install them.

Both Python 2 and Python 3 are supported. Vicon recommends that you use the latest full release of Python 3, unless your project requires you to use a specific version of Python.

> ⚠️ <span style="color: #1d1c1d">With Shogun 1.4 and later, Python 3.0 and later is fully supported. Legacy support only is provided for Python 2.7</span>.

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## Install Python


    **To install Python 2 or 3:**


1. Go to [https://www.python.org/downloads/](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
2. Locate the required version and install Python, ensuring that **Add Python #.# to PATH** is selected:

To use a Python interpreter with Shogun Post, you must specify it in the Shogun Post **Preferences** dialog box, at the bottom of the **Directories** tab.

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## Install the Shogun Post Python modules

If you set the interpreter, you must also install the Shogun Post Python modules, using the installation utility provided in the following locations:

- For 64-bit installations of the Python interpreter:  
*C:\Program Files\Vicon\ShogunPost#.#\SDK\Win64\install_vicon_shogun_post_sdk.bat*
- For 32-bit installations of the Python interpreter*:*  
*C:\Program Files\Vicon\ShogunPost#.#\SDK\Win32\install_vicon_shogun_post_sdk.bat*

These scripts install the modules using the default *pip* tool.

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> ⚠️ The same module supports Python 2 and Python 3.

### Shogun Post Python modules installed

Shogun Post installs two Python modules:

- **ShogunPostSDK**. This folder contains the main Shogun PostSDK, and is the module that is most commonly used.
- ** ViconShogunPost**. This module contains the Shogun Post implementation of a common Python SDK, shared by several Vicon products.

## Check that the Python modules installed correctly

To test that the Shogun Post Python modules installed correctly, run Python and try the following  import statement:

- `import ViconShogunPost`
- `import ViconShogunPostSDK`
  If this imports without any errors then the installation has been successful.