.. _neuronx_distributed_setup:

NeuronX Distributed Setup
===========================

:ref:`Install PyTorch Neuron on Trn1 <setup-torch-neuronx>` to create a pytorch environment. It is recommended to work out of a Python virtual environment (such as ``venv``) so as to avoid package installation issues.

You can install the ``neuronx-distributed`` package using the following command:

.. code:: ipython3

   python -m pip install neuronx_distributed --extra-index-url https://pip.repos.neuron.amazonaws.com