# Error during installation by running setup\_OpenELIS.py

**URL:** https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-during-installation-by-running-setup-openelis-py/899
**Category:** Community
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-during-installation-by-running-setup-openelis-py/899 "2024-10-11T19:39:50Z")
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### Author: ![Abdoul\_Matinou\_Maman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/abdoul_matinou_maman/32/536_2.png) [@Abdoul\_Matinou\_Maman](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Abdoul_Matinou_Maman)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-during-installation-by-running-setup-openelis-py/899/1 "2024-10-11T19:39:50Z")

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nevlana@predator:~/openelis-docker/OpenELIS-Global\_2.3.2.2\_Installer$ python3 setup\_OpenELIS.py  
app name is: OpenELIS-Global  
Version is: 2.3.2.2

OpenELIS installer Version 2.3.2.2  
/etc/openelis-global/setup.ini already exists, using already installed version  
Checking for Postgres 8.3 or later installation  
Postgres14.13 found!

could not change directory to “/home/nevlana/openelis-docker/OpenELIS-Global\_2.3.2.2\_Installer”: Permission denied  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/home/nevlana/openelis-docker/OpenELIS-Global\_2.3.2.2\_Installer/setup\_OpenELIS.py”, line 1338, in   
main(sys.argv[1:])  
File “/home/nevlana/openelis-docker/OpenELIS-Global\_2.3.2.2\_Installer/setup\_OpenELIS.py”, line 166, in main  
if check\_preconditions(‘install’):  
File “/home/nevlana/openelis-docker/OpenELIS-Global\_2.3.2.2\_Installer/setup\_OpenELIS.py”, line 1090, in check\_preconditions  
if (db\_installed(‘clinlims’)):  
File “/home/nevlana/openelis-docker/OpenELIS-Global\_2.3.2.2\_Installer/setup\_OpenELIS.py”, line 1129, in db\_installed  
return db\_name in result  
TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not ‘str’

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### Author: ![Moses\_Mutesasira](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/moses_mutesasira/32/72_2.png) [@Moses\_Mutesasira](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Moses_Mutesasira)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-during-installation-by-running-setup-openelis-py/899/2 "2024-10-17T10:57:55Z")

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Hello @Abdoul_Matinou_Maman , sorry for the above error.  
In general we use the installer in enviroments where theres no internet accesibity.  
if so , we can proceede on helping you debug this.  
Incase you have internet accesibility , you can try this [docker-compose](https://github.com/I-TECH-UW/openelis-docker) setup