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Document using venv to handle dependency conflict on khoj pip install

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## Setup
These are the general setup instructions for Khoj.
These are the general setup instructions for self-hosted Khoj.
- Make sure [python](https://realpython.com/installing-python/) and [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/) are installed on your machine
- Check the [Khoj Emacs docs](/clients/emacs#setup) to setup Khoj with Emacs<br />
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- Check the [Khoj Obsidian docs](/clients/obsidian#setup) to setup Khoj with Obsidian<br />
Its simpler as it can skip the *configure* step below.
For Installation, you can either use Docker or install Khoj locally.
For Installation, you can either use Docker or install the Khoj server locally.
### Installation Option 1 (Docker)
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## Troubleshoot
#### Dependency conflict when trying to install Khoj python package with pip
- **Reason**: When conflicting dependency versions are required by Khoj vs other python packages installed on your system
- **Fix**: Install Khoj in a python virtual environment using [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) or [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx) to avoid this dependency conflicts
- **Process**:
1. Install [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/#install-pipx)
2. Use `pipx` to install Khoj to avoid dependency conflicts with other python packages.
```shell
pipx install khoj-assistant
```
3. Now start `khoj` using the standard steps described earlier
#### Install fails while building Tokenizer dependency
- **Details**: `pip install khoj-assistant` fails while building the `tokenizers` dependency. Complains about Rust.
- **Fix**: Install Rust to build the tokenizers package. For example on Mac run: