# PyGPlates Installation error on Ubuntu 20.04

**URL:** https://discourse.gplates.org/t/pygplates-installation-error-on-ubuntu-20-04/483
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [23 February 2022 10:29 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/pygplates-installation-error-on-ubuntu-20-04/483 "2022-02-23T10:29:04Z")
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### Author: ![B92](https://discourse.gplates.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@B92](https://discourse.gplates.org/u/B92)
#### Post date: [7 March 2022 02:49 UTC](https://discourse.gplates.org/t/pygplates-installation-error-on-ubuntu-20-04/483/10 "2022-03-07T02:49:57Z")

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Hi John

So I followed all the instructions, including installing the dependencies into a new conda env, using conda cmake and making the changes to the cmake files etc. The installation runs without any errors and all paths are correct. However, the “Segmentation fault (core dumped)” error still comes no matter what I do…

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