# Installing goose-ai on Slackware with Python 3.11 (2024-09-26)

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Here is how to install [goose-ai](https://github.com/block-open-source/goose) on Slackware 1.15 with Python 3.11

1. Install Python 3.11  
1.1. Download the source code for Python 3.10+ from [Python Source Releases | Python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/source/)  
1.2. run `./configure --enable-optimizations`  
1.3. run `make -j4 # Adjust '4' to the number of your CPU cores for faster compilation`  
1.4. `sudo make altinstall #altinstall prevents overwriting the default Python binary (python3).`

2. Install [goose-ai](https://github.com/block-open-source/goose)

```bash
pipx install goose-ai --python /usr/local/bin/python3.11  

```