# problems installing psychtoolbox **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 4, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-psychtoolbox/408 "2012-10-04T15:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Allen\_Ingling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Allen\_Ingling](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Allen_Ingling)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/problems-installing-psychtoolbox/408/1 "2012-10-04T15:51:53Z")
Dear Reader -- I am trying to install Psychtoolbox to run a task for a student's honors project. I followed the instructions at: [http://psychtoolbox.org/PsychtoolboxDownload#hn\_Installation\_Instructions](http://psychtoolbox.org/PsychtoolboxDownload#hn_Installation_Instructions)   I downloaded Octave via Cygwin (today). I downloaded Subversion 1.7.6 for 32 bit (I am running XP with service pack 3). I was also able to download the psychtoolbox installer and place it in the correct folder.   Using Cygwin, I can access the correct directory. But when I type in the DownloadPsychtoolbox command as done in the instructions, I keep getting an error message which says. -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `'C:/psychtoolbox'' I've tried typing in the command the way it is in the installation instructions, but also the way shown here: [http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/DownloadPsychtoolbox](http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/DownloadPsychtoolbox)   I'm not sure what to try next.   Thank you for your help.   -Trina   \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Trina C. Kershaw, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Darmouth, MA 02747 tkershaw@... 508-996-8346 http://www.faculty.umassd.edu/trina.kershaw/