also you might consider pip the python package manager. On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Ken Stephens <k...@cad2cam.com> wrote:
> John Jason Jordan wrote: > > For a class I am taking (Applied Linguistics) the class has just been > > given an assignment from a guest lecturer involving python and the > > Natural Language Toolkit (NTLK). I need to do the work on my Xubuntu > > 14.04 laptop, as I have no computers with any kind of current Windows. > > > > Here are the instructions: > > ----- > > I'd also like them to check out the NLTK website at > > http://www.nltk.org/ and do the following: 1) install python and NLTK > > following these instructions: http://www.nltk.org/install.html a) > > install the NLTK data following these instructions: > > http://www.nltk.org/data.html > > > > Rather than follow the instructions at ntlk.org/install I just found > > python-ntlk in Synaptic and installed it. Apparently this also > > installed numpy. > > > > Then I tried to follow this to download the data: > > ----- > > from the ntlk.org/install page: > > To install the data, first install NLTK (see > > http://nltk.org/install.html), then use NLTK’s data downloader as > > described below. > > ... > > Reading through the rest of the download options the only one that made > > any sense was: > > Run the command python -m nltk.downloader all > > ----- > > > > But this command just gave a 404 (not found) error. > > > > I should get this done by class time Friday, but at the moment I am > > stuck and there is little point in asking the professor or guest > > lecturer as it is clear that they only know how to do these things on > > Windows. On the other hand I am just auditing the class, so it's not > > the end of the world if I can't get it done. Yet, as a Linux user I > > am compelled to do my best to get it working on Linux. Oh, and all I > > know about python is that it is some kind of programming language. > > > > Any ideas or suggestions welcome! > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > John Jason Jordan, > > Did you look for a deb or rpm package with the nltk name. Fedora 22 has > a python-nltk and python3-nltk package available. > > Ken > CAD2CAM.COM > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
