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title: BasicAerError (v0.46)
description: API reference for qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerError in qiskit v0.46
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit/0.46/qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerError
---

# qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerError

*exception* `qiskit.providers.basicaer.BasicAerError(*message)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/0.46/qiskit/providers/basicaer/exceptions.py)

Base class for errors raised by Basic Aer.

Set the error message.

> **Deprecated since version 0.46.0**
>
> The class `qiskit.providers.basicaer.exceptions.BasicAerError` is deprecated as of qiskit 0.46.0. It will be removed in Qiskit 1.0.0. The qiskit.providers.basicaer module has been superseded by qiskit.providers.basic\_provider. Use the new qiskit.providers.basic\_provider.BasicProviderError class instead.