# About the installation of shapeworks studio **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/about-the-installation-of-shapeworks-studio/266 "2024-09-06T00:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ouyanghanbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@ouyanghanbin](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/ouyanghanbin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/about-the-installation-of-shapeworks-studio/266/1 "2024-09-06T00:17:15Z")
I downloaded the installation .exe file of Shapeworks, and what I need to do is install it and then get start,right? But the readme.txt told me to download the Miniconda for Windows, and run install\_shapeworks.bat to create a conda environment and install python packages. Is that necessary before we can correctly use the Shapeworks in GUI? ---
**Author:** ![amorris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@amorris](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/amorris)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/about-the-installation-of-shapeworks-studio/266/2 "2024-09-10T15:54:32Z")
It’s only necessary in order to run any of the operations/analysis that use Python. The basic groom/optimize/analyze workflow will work without. ShapeWorksStudio will tell you if it can’t load the python interpreter and refer you back to the instructions if necessary. ---
**Author:** ![ouyanghanbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@ouyanghanbin](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/u/ouyanghanbin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://shapeworks.discourse.group/t/about-the-installation-of-shapeworks-studio/266/3 "2024-09-10T16:16:47Z")
Thans for your help.