
Tag Archives: python packages
Installing nltk3 for Python3 in virtual environment on Linux
[Last update: 04/01/2015]
Prerequisites: Install Python and set up virtual environment & Install pip in virtual environment
Tested on: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 / 14.04 LTS (64-bit) with ActivePython installed in /opt
- (skip, if activated) Activate the virtual environment you would like to install nltk (v3) in:
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cd ~/venv/apy3341 source bin/activate
- Use
pip
to install the latest version ofnltk
:
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(apy3341):~$ pip install -U nltk
- [January 2015] Workaround for users with
setuptools
versions>=10
(see NLTK Issue #824):
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(apy3341):~$ pip install setuptools==9.1 (apy3341):~$ pip install -U nltk
- (skip, if nltk_data already present on system) Start Python interpreter in virtual environment and download nltk_data (corpora, packages & models):
(apy3341) mki@ubuntu:~$ python ActivePython 3.3.4.1 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on Python 3.3.4 (default, Feb 25 2014, 14:59:15) [GCC 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8)] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import nltk >>> nltk.download()
pip installations of sphinx, numpy & imapclient in virtual environment on Linux work out-of-the-box
Prerequisites: Install Python and set up virtual environment & Install pip in virtual environment
Tested on: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 / 14.04 LTS (64-bit) with ActivePython installed in /opt
[Last update: 03/07/2014]
- (skip, if activated) Activate the virtual environment you would like to install additional python packages in:
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cd ~/venv/apy3341 source bin/activate
- Use pip to install/update additional packages (the installation of the following packages worked out-of-the-box):
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bin/pip install -U sphinx
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bin/pip install -U numpy
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bin/pip install -U imapclient
Installing lxml in virtual environment on Linux
Prerequisites: Install Python and set up virtual environment & Install pip in virtual environment
Tested on: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 / 14.04 LTS (64-bit) with ActivePython installed in /opt
[Last update: 03/07/2014]
- (skip, if activated) Activate the virtual environment you would like to install lxml in:
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cd ~/venv/apy3341 source bin/activate
- Install/check for lxml dependencies (for pip to be able to compile lxml from source code):
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sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev
- Use pip to install/update lxml:
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bin/pip install -U lxml
Installing ipython in virtual environment on Linux
Prerequisites: Install Python and set up virtual environment & Install pip in virtual environment
Tested on: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 / 14.04 LTS (64-bit) with ActivePython installed in /opt
[Last update: 03/07/2014]
- (skip, if activated) Activate the virtual environment you would like to install ipython in:
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cd ~/venv/apy3341 source bin/activate
- Make sure that readline support is installed in your virtual environment (prerequisite for ipython’s colour prompts).
- Use pip to install/update readline:
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bin/pip install -U ipython
Installing readline support in ActivePython virtual environment on Linux
Prerequisites: Install Python and set up virtual environment & Install pip in virtual environment
Tested on: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS / 13.10 / 14.04 LTS (64-bit) with ActivePython installed in /opt
[Last update: 03/07/2014]
- (skip, if activated) Activate the virtual environment you would like to install readline in:
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cd ~/venv/apy3341 source bin/activate
- Install/check for readline dependencies (for pip to be able to compile readline from source code):
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sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
- Use pip to install/update readline:
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bin/pip install -U readline
Installing pip in virtual environment
[Last update: 03/07/2014]
Prerequisites: Install Python and set up virtual environment
Tested on: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS (64-bit) with ActivePython installed in /opt
- (skip, if activated) Activate the virtual environment you would like to install pip in:
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cd ~/venv/apy3341 source bin/activate
- Download “get-pip.py“:
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curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py > bin/get-pip.py
- Download and install pip (the latest version of setuptools will be installed automatically):
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bin/python bin/get-pip.py