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#. Install Python 3.6 or newer (older versions may not work due to `a GitHub change with SSL <https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/6275>`_).
#. Install Python 3.8 or newer.

.. note:: Instead of running emscripten on Windows directly, you can use the
Windows Subsystem for Linux to run it in a Linux environment.
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.. note:: Emscripten requires macOS 10.14 Mojave or above.

If you use the Emscripten SDK, it includes a bundled version of Python 3.
Otherwise, you will need to manually install and use Python 3.6 or newer.
Otherwise, you will need to manually install and use Python 3.8 or newer.

These instructions explain how to install **all** the :ref:`required tools
<toolchain-what-you-need>`. You can :ref:`test whether some of these are already
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