# Can't install i2c or ina219 via palette or manually under nodered 4.0.5

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**Created:** [17 October 2024 16:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-install-i2c-or-ina219-via-palette-or-manually-under-nodered-4-0-5/92467 "2024-10-17T16:27:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 October 2024 20:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cant-install-i2c-or-ina219-via-palette-or-manually-under-nodered-4-0-5/92467/4 "2024-10-17T20:07:32Z")

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I think this is the key error

> [@muggins](#):
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> `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'`

See [distutils is removed in Python 3.12 · Issue #2869 · nodejs/node-gyp · GitHub](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/2869) for the reason. Python 3.12 does not have that module. node-gyp was fixed at version 10, but you only have 8.4.1.

Can you drop Python back to 3.10?

I don't know whether it is possible to upgrade node-gyp or if that will cause other problems.

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