Installing NLTK =============== NLTK requires Python versions 2.7, 3.4, or 3.5 Mac/Unix -------- #. Install NLTK: run ``sudo pip install -U nltk`` #. Install Numpy (optional): run ``sudo pip install -U numpy`` #. Test installation: run ``python`` then type ``import nltk`` For older versions of Python it might be necessary to install setuptools (see http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools) and to install pip (``sudo easy_install pip``). Windows ------- These instructions assume that you do not already have Python installed on your machine. 32-bit binary installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #. Install Python 3.5: http://www.python.org/downloads/ (avoid the 64-bit versions) #. Install Numpy (optional): http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/ (the version that specifies python3.5) #. Install NLTK: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/nltk #. Test installation: ``Start>Python35``, then type ``import nltk`` Installing Third-Party Software ------------------------------- Please see: https://github.com/nltk/nltk/wiki/Installing-Third-Party-Software