# No Module called "pynq"

**URL:** <https://discuss.pynq.io/t/no-module-called-pynq/3513>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/no-module-called-pynq/3513 "2022-01-08T14:32:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![skalade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.pynq.io/skalade/32/686_2.png) [@skalade](https://discuss.pynq.io/u/skalade)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.pynq.io/t/no-module-called-pynq/3513/2 "2022-01-10T11:13:24Z")

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Hi there,

What exactly are you running to cause the “the target device has no module called “Pynq””? And are you running that from inside the pynq virtualenv? Could you try running these commands as root, first sourcing the virtualenv with `source /etc/profile.d/pynq_venv.sh`

Thanks  
Shawn

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