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Installing Isaac Lab through Pip — Isaac Lab Documentation

Last updated: 12/12/2025

Title: Installing Isaac Lab through Pip#

URL Source: https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/main/source/setup/installation/isaaclab_pip_installation.html

Published Time: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:27:09 GMT

Markdown Content: From Isaac Lab 2.0, pip packages are provided to install both Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab extensions from pip. Note that this installation process is only recommended for advanced users working on additional extension projects that are built on top of Isaac Lab. Isaac Lab pip packages does not include any standalone python scripts for training, inferencing, or running standalone workflows such as demos and examples. Therefore, users are required to define their own runner scripts when installing Isaac Lab from pip.

To learn about how to set up your own project on top of Isaac Lab, see Create new project or task.

Note

If you use Conda, we recommend using Miniconda.

  • To use the pip installation approach for Isaac Lab, we recommend first creating a virtual environment. Ensure that the python version of the virtual environment is Python 3.11.

conda environment

conda create -n env_isaaclab python=3.11 conda activate env_isaaclab uv environment

Linux

create a virtual environment named env_isaaclab with python3.11

uv venv --python 3.11 env_isaaclab

activate the virtual environment

source env_isaaclab/bin/activate Windows

create a virtual environment named env_isaaclab with python3.11

uv venv --python 3.11 env_isaaclab

activate the virtual environment

env_isaaclab\Scripts\activate
venv environment

Linux

create a virtual environment named env_isaaclab with python3.11

python3.11 -m venv env_isaaclab

activate the virtual environment

source env_isaaclab/bin/activate Windows

create a virtual environment named env_isaaclab with python3.11

python3.11 -m venv env_isaaclab

activate the virtual environment

env_isaaclab\Scripts\activate

  • Before installing Isaac Lab, ensure the latest pip version is installed. To update pip, run

Linux

pip install --upgrade pip Windows

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Note

If you use uv, replace pip with uv pip.

  • Next, install a CUDA-enabled PyTorch 2.7.0 build for CUDA 12.8.

pip install torch==2.7.0 torchvision==0.22.0 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu128

  • If using rl_games for training and inferencing, install the following python 3.11 enabled rl_games fork.

pip install git+https://github.com/isaac-sim/[email protected]

  • Then, install the Isaac Lab packages, this will also install Isaac Sim.

pip install isaaclab[isaacsim,all]==2.2.0 --extra-index-url https://pypi.nvidia.com

Note

Currently, we only provide pip packages for every major release of Isaac Lab. For example, we provide the pip package for release 2.1.0 and 2.2.0, but not 2.1.1. In the future, we will provide pip packages for every minor release of Isaac Lab.

Verifying the Isaac Sim installation#

  • Make sure that your virtual environment is activated (if applicable)

  • Check that the simulator runs as expected:

note: you can pass the argument "--help" to see all arguments possible.

isaacsim

  • It’s also possible to run with a specific experience file, run:

experience files can be absolute path, or relative path searched in isaacsim/apps or omni/apps

isaacsim isaacsim.exp.full.kit

Attention

When running Isaac Sim for the first time, all dependent extensions will be pulled from the registry. This process can take upwards of 10 minutes and is required on the first run of each experience file. Once the extensions are pulled, consecutive runs using the same experience file will use the cached extensions.

Attention

The first run will prompt users to accept the Nvidia Omniverse License Agreement. To accept the EULA, reply Yes when prompted with the below message:

By installing or using Isaac Sim, I agree to the terms of NVIDIA OMNIVERSE LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA) in https://docs.isaacsim.omniverse.nvidia.com/latest/common/NVIDIA_Omniverse_License_Agreement.html

Do you accept the EULA? (Yes/No): Yes

If the simulator does not run or crashes while following the above instructions, it means that something is incorrectly configured. To debug and troubleshoot, please check Isaac Sim documentation and the forums.

Running Isaac Lab Scripts#

By following the above scripts, your python environment should now have access to all of the Isaac Lab extensions. To run a user-defined script for Isaac Lab, simply run

python my_awesome_script.py

Generating VS Code Settings#

Due to the structure resulting from the installation, VS Code IntelliSense (code completion, parameter info and member lists, etc.) will not work by default. To set it up (define the search paths for import resolution, the path to the default Python interpreter, and other settings), for a given workspace folder, run the following command:

python -m isaaclab --generate-vscode-settings

Warning

The command will generate a .vscode/settings.json file in the workspace folder. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten (a confirmation prompt will be shown first).

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