# Installing bempp on Apple M1 silicon

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**Category:** Bempp\
**Created:** [30 May 2025 09:52 UTC](https://bempp.discourse.group/t/installing-bempp-on-apple-m1-silicon/333 "2025-05-30T09:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![bmitra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/67e7ee/32.png) [@bmitra](https://bempp.discourse.group/u/bmitra)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 09:52 UTC](https://bempp.discourse.group/t/installing-bempp-on-apple-m1-silicon/333/1 "2025-05-30T09:52:21Z")

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I am unable to install via anaconda: This is the error that I get. On conda-forge they only have osx-64 channel. No osx-arm64 channel. Has anyone installed bempp on apple silicon ?

“”"  
Platform: osx-arm64  
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done  
Solving environment: failed

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

- bempp-cl
- “”"

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**Author:** ![Elwin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/bempp.discourse.group/elwin/32/38_2.png) [@Elwin](https://bempp.discourse.group/u/Elwin)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 12:24 UTC](https://bempp.discourse.group/t/installing-bempp-on-apple-m1-silicon/333/2 "2025-05-30T12:24:41Z")

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Have you tried installing bempp-cl with `pip`?

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**Author:** ![bmitra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/67e7ee/32.png) [@bmitra](https://bempp.discourse.group/u/bmitra)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 14:04 UTC](https://bempp.discourse.group/t/installing-bempp-on-apple-m1-silicon/333/3 "2025-05-30T14:04:06Z")

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That works.

Thank you