# Tutor is not recognized problem while i am trying run tutor local launch or tutor --version

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/tutor-is-not-recognized-problem-while-i-am-trying-run-tutor-local-launch-or-tutor-version/9583>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** tutor\
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/tutor-is-not-recognized-problem-while-i-am-trying-run-tutor-local-launch-or-tutor-version/9583 "2023-03-14T16:34:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Himal\_Tamang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/himal_tamang/32/5025_2.png) [@Himal\_Tamang](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Himal_Tamang)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/tutor-is-not-recognized-problem-while-i-am-trying-run-tutor-local-launch-or-tutor-version/9583/1 "2023-03-14T16:34:58Z")

</div>

I am trying to run tutor in the command prompt or trying to tutor local launch . But there is error saying, “tutor’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mafermazu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/mafermazu/32/2641_2.png) [@mafermazu](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/mafermazu)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/tutor-is-not-recognized-problem-while-i-am-trying-run-tutor-local-launch-or-tutor-version/9583/2 "2023-03-14T21:17:06Z")

</div>

Hi @Himal_Tamang, welcome ✨

To install Tutor, you need to have Python, Pip, Docker, and Docker composed; and if you run `pip install "tutor[full]"` you should have Tutor installed, and you can run Tutor commands.  
If that doesn’t work, you can create a Python virtual environment and install and run Tutor inside that env.

Documentation that maybe helps you:  
Install Tutor: [Installing Tutor — Tutor documentation](https://docs.tutor.overhang.io/install.html)  
Pip on Windows: [How to Install PIP on Windows ? - GeeksforGeeks](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-install-pip-on-windows/)  
Virtual environments: [venv — Creation of virtual environments — Python 3.11.2 documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html)

Let me know if it works 😊

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Himal\_Tamang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/himal_tamang/32/5025_2.png) [@Himal\_Tamang](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/Himal_Tamang)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/tutor-is-not-recognized-problem-while-i-am-trying-run-tutor-local-launch-or-tutor-version/9583/3 "2023-03-16T02:47:41Z")

</div>

thank you so much @mafermazu, it actually work for me and learn some new thing from here.