# Nano Installation
You can select bigdl-nano along with some dependencies specific to PyTorch or Tensorflow using the following panel.
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FrameWork
Version
Inference Opt
Release
Install CMD
NA
```
```eval_rst
.. note::
Since bigdl-nano is still in the process of rapid iteration, we highly recommend that you install nightly build version through the above command to facilitate your use of the latest features.
For stable version, please refer to the document and installation guide `here `_ .
```
## Environment Management
### Install in conda environment (Recommended)
```bash
conda create -n env
conda activate env
# select your preference in above panel to find the proper command to replace the below command, e.g.
pip install --pre --upgrade bigdl-nano[pytorch]
# after installing bigdl-nano, you can run the following command to setup a few environment variables.
source bigdl-nano-init
```
The `bigdl-nano-init` scripts will export a few environment variable according to your hardware to maximize performance.
In a conda environment, when you run `source bigdl-nano-init` manually, this command will also be added to `$CONDA_PREFIX/etc/conda/activate.d/`, which will automaticly run when you activate your current environment.
### Install in pure pip environment
In a pure pip environment, you need to run `source bigdl-nano-init` every time you open a new shell to get optimal performance and run `source bigdl-nano-unset-env` if you want to unset these environment variables.
## Other PyTorch/Tensorflow Version Support
We support a wide range of PyTorch and Tensorflow. We only care the MAJOR.MINOR in [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/). If you have a specific PyTorch/Tensorflow version want to use, e.g. PyTorch 1.11.0+cpu, you may select corresponding MAJOR.MINOR (i.e., PyTorch 1.11 in this case) and install PyTorch again after installing nano.
## Python Version
`bigdl-nano` is validated on Python 3.8-3.10.
## Operating System
Some specific note should be awared of when installing `bigdl-nano`.`
### Install on Linux
For Linux, Ubuntu (22.04/20.04) is recommended.
### Install on Windows (experimental support)
For Windows OS, users could only run `bigdl-nano-init` every time they open a new cmd terminal.
We recommend using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) to run BigDL-Nano. Please refer to [Nano Windows install guide](../Howto/Install/windows_guide.md) for instructions.
### Install on MacOS (experimental support)
#### MacOS with Intel Chip
Same usage as Linux, while some of the funcions now rely on lower version dependencies.
#### MacOS with M-series chip
Currently, only tensorflow is supported for M-series chip Mac.
```bash
# any way to install tensorflow on macos
pip install --pre --upgrade bigdl-nano[tensorflow]
```