# Installing mavproxy help **URL:** \ **Category:** ArduSub\ **Created:** [April 22, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574 "2018-04-22T04:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/1 "2018-04-22T04:08:46Z")
Hello. I’ve checked this thread because I also want to use MAVProxy in order to send the data of the ROV to an external controller, and I haven’t had any luck with the installation thus far. I’ve installed python and I’ve done what people in the thread did and I still haven’t had any progress, so, if I could get a simpler step by step process of the installation it would be of much help. p.d. i don’t know if it matters, but I’m on windows 10. ---
**Author:** ![jwalser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/jwalser/32/2234_2.png) [@jwalser](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jwalser)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/2 "2018-04-22T04:32:20Z")
Where did you get stuck? ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/3 "2018-04-22T15:15:09Z")
Honestly, I don’t think that I’ve made any progress, when I tried downloading your fork initially I would try writing down “python setup.py build install” in the cmd after going to the directory where I installed mavproxy and this is what I got: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/b/b0379fbb1d5a9ddf4568acae21e40924afc85c82.png) On the other hand, if I just tried installing mavproxy from the original source, it would run it, but I know that one doesn’t have the additional features that your fork does. ---
**Author:** ![jwalser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/jwalser/32/2234_2.png) [@jwalser](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jwalser)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/4 "2018-04-22T15:16:36Z")
The program python is not installed on your computer, it is required to run this. Look for how to install python online. ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/5 "2018-04-22T15:26:37Z")
Well, that’s strange, I installed it from their website but I suppose that there are additional steps to the installation. I’ll research it and come back later if I have more questions. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/6 "2018-04-22T16:03:09Z")
Ok, it seems I got it up and running, however I’ve run into this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/b/b8aab984563f55f5db505e4129e9a3a9b1b9a65f.png) ---
**Author:** ![jwalser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/jwalser/32/2234_2.png) [@jwalser](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jwalser)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/7 "2018-04-22T16:53:30Z")
You need to install future: `pip install future` ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/8 "2018-04-22T16:58:20Z")
So would I need to install that in the directory where I have MAVProxy or in the directory where I have Python? ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/9 "2018-04-22T17:53:28Z")
Now I have this error: ![imagen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/0/0eef910e495953873500c3ab1c052ed7e083eff5.png) ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/10 "2018-04-22T18:18:49Z")
So, I downloaded the libraries that the command line said I needed to install and now this shows up: ![imagen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/2/24295bb1ace16e27d46488745266c41c64415341.png) So, am I done now? Or is there still something else I need to do? ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/11 "2018-04-22T20:02:20Z")
![imagen](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/bluerobotics/original/2X/9/928e2639b99c8d1273f32d9b07f73836ccd47ad3.png) Now I have that showing up, is there any way I can view and select specific parameters from that list? Or am I even using the right program? ---
**Author:** ![jwalser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/jwalser/32/2234_2.png) [@jwalser](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jwalser)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/12 "2018-04-23T16:01:54Z")
You can type `help` to see a list of available commands. `param` will let you play with the parameters. ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/13 "2018-04-24T01:11:11Z")
Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![mjhl96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@mjhl96](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/mjhl96)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/14 "2018-04-24T02:33:14Z")
Ok, now that I’ve made a bit more headway, I have another question to make. You see, I want to develop a GI similar to qgroundcontrol, and for this reason, I need to streamline data from the ROV in realtime, and right now I’ve managed to make files that hold all of the parameters, however, I was wondering how I could select the ones that I need, save them in a file, and update them in realtime? As always, thank you very much for your help. ---
**Author:** ![jwalser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/jwalser/32/2234_2.png) [@jwalser](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jwalser)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/15 "2018-04-24T02:43:55Z")
I think there might be a misunderstanding around the term ‘parameters’. They store configuration settings, they are not really dynamic during operation: [Redirecting...](https://www.ardusub.com/operators-manual/parameters.html) You will need to pull the information that you want out of the different messages seen here: [http://mavlink.org/messages/common](http://mavlink.org/messages/common) There are examples of how to do that using python here: [Pymavlink · GitBook](https://www.ardusub.com/developers/pymavlink.html) ---
**Author:** ![luisgamez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@luisgamez](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/luisgamez)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/16 "2018-04-24T03:16:47Z")
Hello Jacob, Max is with our team at AQUA Exploración, we are trying to make our own GUI with the parameters from the ROV sensors. accelerometer, compass, pressure, temperature. is there any developers chat where we can get further help? ---
**Author:** ![jwalser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.bluerobotics.com/jwalser/32/2234_2.png) [@jwalser](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/u/jwalser)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.bluerobotics.com/t/installing-mavproxy-help/2574/17 "2018-04-24T03:21:37Z")
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