It’s a familiar chain of installation:
- In order to install NLTK for a workshop about Natural Language Processing
- First you have to install Python, then install NLTK and dependencies, including Python Setup tools.
- Find out Numpy doesn’t compile because GCC is not available
- No worries, GCC is part of XCode tools, which requires a 3Gb download package (!) and signing up for a Mac Developer license (free but still feels like applying for a visa to a foreign country)
- Fortunately, there is a simple GCC installer available for Mac OS!
- Finally, compile the missing packages and install NLTK data.
Wasn’t that fun?! 🙂