# How to setup plutus playground invironment in local machine

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024>\
**Category:** Smart Contracts\
**Tags:** plutus\
**Created:** [25 March 2021 11:18 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024 "2021-03-25T11:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![NSHIZIRUNGU\_Dieudon1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/nshizirungu_dieudon1/32/28086_2.png) [@NSHIZIRUNGU\_Dieudon1](https://forum.cardano.org/u/NSHIZIRUNGU_Dieudon1)\
**Post date:** [25 March 2021 11:18 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024/1 "2021-03-25T11:18:07Z")

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How to install Plutus Playground development environment on Linux?

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**Author:** ![adatainment](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/adatainment/32/81481_2.png) [@adatainment](https://forum.cardano.org/u/adatainment)\
**Post date:** [25 March 2021 13:47 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024/2 "2021-03-25T13:47:46Z")

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Hello,  
recommendation currently is to use the [Plutus Playground](https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io) in the Browser, but with some tinkering you can install it local. Please see this thread for details on the issue you might run into:

> [@Building plutus playground docker image](https://forum.cardano.org/t/building-plutus-playground-docker-image/45302):
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> Hi All, I am trying to build the plutus playground docker image. I did the following Added the IOHK binary cache to my /etc/nix/nix.conf I ran the following command to run the docker image docker run --mount ‘type=bind,source=/tmp,target=/tmp’ -p 7080:8080 plutus-playgrounds:w3nw64wb4azjajdzq8nkqil4w7i1bndd the host port 8080 is already in use. I got the following error Invalid option `-b’ Usage: plutus-playground [-v|–version] [–config CONFIG\_FILE] COMMAND Available options: -h,–hel…

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**Author:** ![axhue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@axhue](https://forum.cardano.org/u/axhue)\
**Post date:** [22 April 2021 04:53 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/how-to-setup-plutus-playground-invironment-in-local-machine/55024/3 "2021-04-22T04:53:18Z")

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I’ve been trying to get plutus playground running locally as well and found it challenging. The git issue has been closed “No, this issue is not going to be resolved, and we have removed the docker images for the playgrounds.”

I think our only option is to install nix + npm and follow lecture 1 of the pioneer program