# I couldnt install any other packages

**URL:** <https://community.crewai.com/t/i-couldnt-install-any-other-packages/2722>\
**Category:** CrewAI Community Support\
**Created:** [January 12, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/i-couldnt-install-any-other-packages/2722 "2025-01-12T15:36:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kukku\_y](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/kukku_y/32/1879_2.png) [@Kukku\_y](https://community.crewai.com/u/Kukku_y)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/i-couldnt-install-any-other-packages/2722/1 "2025-01-12T15:36:07Z")

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the thing is when i run crewai using “crewai run” it creates a.venv file later when i try to pip instal something like pip install pymongo i can see it is getting installed else where but not in .venv .hence i am not able to use pymongo…how to resolve this issue

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**Author:** ![joab.io](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.crewai.com/joab.io/32/2143_2.png) [@joab.io](https://community.crewai.com/u/joab.io)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.crewai.com/t/i-couldnt-install-any-other-packages/2722/2 "2025-01-12T19:52:47Z")

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I believe you need to activate the venv before running pip install?

Windows:  
path\to\your\venv\Scripts\activate  
Mac/Linux:  
source /path/to/your/venv/bin/activate