# MNE-python

**URL:** <https://mne.discourse.group/t/mne-python/380>\
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**Created:** [October 27, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/mne-python/380 "2011-10-27T18:14:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/mne-python/380/1 "2011-10-27T18:14:12Z")

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Hello MNE users,

I am trying to go through the MNE\_python tutorial, and I already been  
stopped at a very early stage

When launching 'import mne'

I already got an error message indicating

File "mne/\_\_ini\_\_.py", line 3

> From .cov import read\_cov, write\_cov, write\_cov, Covariance, \

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

As external users from the Martinos Centre I downloaded the MNE-python on  
this link

[http://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/archives/master](http://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/archives/master)

and I am running python version 2.4.2, ipython 0.8.2

Could it be link to our python version which is too low?

In the requirement I read python \>=2.5

I was also wondering whether the MNE-python file is updated to the last  
version, and if all the modules can be downloaded for external users?

Any help will be much appreciated

Elisabeth F.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/mne/original/1X/85cc6bd2b69cb698a166dc6d880fb550510d0144.jpeg) [@system](https://mne.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/mne-python/380/2 "2011-10-27T18:18:08Z")

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Hi Elisabeth,

> As external users from the Martinos Centre I downloaded the MNE-python on  
> this link
> 
> [http://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/archives/master](http://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/archives/master)
> 
> and I am running python version 2.4.2, ipython 0.8.2
> 
> Could it be link to our python version which is too low?

yes you need a more recent version of Python.

> In the requirement I read python \>=2.5

indeed.

> I was also wondering whether the MNE-python file is updated to the last  
> version, and if all the modules can be downloaded for external users?

the MNE-python is updated almost on a daily basis and is fully public.

> Any help will be much appreciated

I suggest you install EPD:

[http://download.enthought.com/epd-7.1/](http://download.enthought.com/epd-7.1/)

to have an up to date python environment.

Cheers,  
Alex