# Installing pynq via petalinux

**URL:** https://discuss.pynq.io/t/installing-pynq-via-petalinux/1565
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/installing-pynq-via-petalinux/1565 "2020-07-24T16:24:58Z")
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#### Post date: [July 27, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/installing-pynq-via-petalinux/1565/6 "2020-07-27T10:32:46Z")

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The `start_pl_server.py` script is designed to run forever - hence why we aim to start it at boot.

If you run it in the background with

```
start_pl_server.py &

```

Does that make the core PYNQ library function correctly?

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