# First release candidate for sunpy 5.0

**URL:** <https://community.openastronomy.org/t/first-release-candidate-for-sunpy-5-0/665>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/first-release-candidate-for-sunpy-5-0/665 "2023-05-16T14:29:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/first-release-candidate-for-sunpy-5-0/665/1 "2023-05-16T14:29:42Z")

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The SunPy developers are pleased to annouce the first release candidate for version 5.0 of the sunpy core library. If you develop a package that depends on sunpy we would strongly encourage you to test it with sunpy v5.0.0rc1, and report any issues you have on our [issue tracker](https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy/issues) so we can fix them before the final release.

To install the release candidate use either:

- `pip install --pre sunpy==5.0.0rc1`
- `conda install -c conda-forge/label/sunpy_rc -c conda-forge sunpy`