Installation

Manim runs on Python 3.7 or higher.

System requirements are：

• FFmpeg <https://ffmpeg.org/>__
• OpenGL <https://www.opengl.org//>__ (included in python package PyOpenGL)
• LaTeX <https://www.latex-project.org>__ (optional, if you want to use LaTeX)
• Pango <https://pango.org>__ (only for Linux)

Install FFmpeg

Install FFmpeg Windows

.. code-block:: cmd

choco install ffmpeg

Install FFmepeg Linux

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.. code-block:: sh

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ffmpeg $ ffmpeg -version

Install FFmpeg MacOS

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• Download This ZIP file https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-full.7z(if the link is not working download this zip file from there original website)

Directly

.. code-block:: sh

Install manimgl

pip install manimgl

Try it out

manimgl

If you want to hack on manimlib itself, clone this repository and in that directory execute:

.. code-block:: sh

Install python requirements

pip install -e .

Try it out

manimgl example_scenes.py OpeningManimExample

or

manim-render example_scenes.py OpeningManimExample

If you run the above command and no error message appears, then you have successfully installed all the environments required by manim.

Directly (Windows)

1. Install FFmpeg <https://www.wikihow.com/Install-FFmpeg-on-Windows>__, and make sure that its path is in the PATH environment variable.
2. Install a LaTeX distribution. TeXLive-full <http://tug.org/texlive/>__ is recommended.
3. Install the remaining Python packages.

.. code-block:: sh

git clone https://github.com/3b1b/manim.git cd manim
pip install -e . manimgl example_scenes.py OpeningManimExample

For Anaconda

• Install FFmpeg and LaTeX as above.
• Create a conda environment using

.. code-block:: sh

git clone https://github.com/3b1b/manim.git cd manim conda create -n manim python=3.8 conda activate manim pip install -e .