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Note for the 2018-19 edition: SpaCy and Windows users

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Description

Installing SpaCy+its english model on Windows appeared to be quite a challenge. Hopefully now we have a solution.

Note: run all of this in the anaconda command prompt, and as administrator.

  1. Installing SpaCy - if you have problems with installing spacy itself, then first update anaconda by running: conda update anaconda. After this, install spacy as suggested by spacy.io for your platform.

  2. Downloading SpaCy's english model - If you have problems with this, then first run:

pip install https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-1.2.0/en_core_web_sm-1.2.0.tar.gz

and then download the english model as suggested by spacy.io for your platform.

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  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the issue body and locate the course documentation section covering Windows installation. Check whether the SpaCy and English-model instructions are still current for the 2018-19 edition, then update that documentation so Windows users have accurate, reproducible setup steps.

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Tech stack
anaconda, python
Domain
developer-experience, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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