# Activating and Installing plug-ins without the use of pip

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/activating-and-installing-plug-ins-without-the-use-of-pip/64>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 16, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/activating-and-installing-plug-ins-without-the-use-of-pip/64 "2017-04-16T17:23:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![embryonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@embryonic](https://discourse.beets.io/u/embryonic)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/activating-and-installing-plug-ins-without-the-use-of-pip/64/1 "2017-04-16T17:23:35Z")

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I was issues installing the duplicates plugin… I opted out of installing beets with pip because of issues with versions of applications, my OS and the local/bin directory. _(Cross-thread: “Having troubles with installation on mac os”)_ **I was wondering if there is an easy way to install plugins without pip.**

I know where the .py files are located for the beets plug-ins I am just not sure how to run them and make them coexist with beets.

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**Author:** ![embryonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@embryonic](https://discourse.beets.io/u/embryonic)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/activating-and-installing-plug-ins-without-the-use-of-pip/64/2 "2017-04-16T17:24:28Z")

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P.S. beets has been working great I would just love to test its expandability with the use of some plugins… 😃

**Also here is a list of the plugins I plan on using to better me music library:**  
duplicates  
[http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/duplicates.html#duplicates-plugin](http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/duplicates.html#duplicates-plugin)  
discogs  
[http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/discogs.html](http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/discogs.html)  
embed art  
[http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/embedart.html](http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/embedart.html)  
fetch art  
[http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/fetchart.html](http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/fetchart.html)  
replay gain  
[http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/replaygain.html](http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/replaygain.html)  
play  
[http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/play.html](http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.3/plugins/play.html)

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/activating-and-installing-plug-ins-without-the-use-of-pip/64/3 "2017-04-16T17:41:16Z")

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You don’t need to install the plugins that come with beets; you just need to enable them in your config file.

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**Author:** ![embryonic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@embryonic](https://discourse.beets.io/u/embryonic)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/activating-and-installing-plug-ins-without-the-use-of-pip/64/4 "2017-04-16T18:20:33Z")

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Oh lol… thanks a bunch… I just assumed the command was pip install beets [plugin]  
👌