Python Installation

Title is a bit misleading as these are not general notes, but notes on how I install and how you might get some of my applications ( see the categoy below on Python Projects 0)

Basic Install

I use the Anaconda installation because it gives a wide range of Python Packages, A Package and Virtual Environment Manager, a very good Python IDE ( Spyder ), IPython, Juypter Notebooks... all in one install.

Some Packages I use not in the Anaconda Distribution

I always used conda first and if that does not work move on to pip if that does not work perhaps setup.py

Pyperclip

• Why: For Python to access the system clipboard. Get Copy and Paste working in your applications
• Install: pip install pyperclip
• May be used in Clipboard, EasyDB, TwitterDB SmartTerminal

Spacy

• Why: For Python to process language into its base words or lemmas
• Install: with conda, but from command line. Directions at: TBD Command I used: After the install my code still had issues which I fixed with:

• May be used in TwitterDB
• Links:

HTML

• Why: For Python to process language into its base words or lemmas
• This is an old package that I came across and liked, there may be better ones, but this did what I wanted for a couple of my applications. It cannot currently be installed with conda or pip. All the code, which I downloaded and decompressed is in each application where I use it ..../resources/HTML.py-0.04 The install is documented in the readme file, I used "python setup.py install".

• May be used in EasyDB, TwitterDB
• Links