Cannot get scikit-learn installed on OS X

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I cannot install scikit-learn. I can install other packages either by building them from source or through pip without a problem. For scikit-learn, I've tried cloning the project on GitHub and installing via pip without success. Can anyone please help? Here is part of my pip.log:

Downloading/unpacking scikit-learn
  Running setup.py egg_info for package scikit-learn
    Warning: Assuming default configuration (scikits/learn/{setup_scikits.learn,setup}.py was not found)Warning: Assuming default configuration (sklearn/svm/tests/{setup_tests,setup}.py was not found)Appending scikits.learn configuration to
    Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from '' to 'scikits.learn')
    Appending sklearn.check_build configuration to sklearn
    Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sklearn' to 'sklearn.check_build')
    Appending sklearn.svm.tests configuration to sklearn.svm
    Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sklearn.svm' to 'sklearn.svm.tests')
    blas_opt_info:
      FOUND:
        extra_link_args = ['-Wl,-framework', '-Wl,Accelerate']
        define_macros = [('NO_ATLAS_INFO', 3)]
        extra_compile_args = ['-faltivec', '-I/System/Library/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/Headers']

Did you check you got all the depencies : "numpy, scipy, setuptools, python development headers and a working C++ compiler." (quoting from scikit website)? — FabienAndre, Apr 22 '12 at 13:23
I have numpy, scipy, and setuptools, but how do I check for python development headers and a working C++ compiler? — turtle, Apr 22 '12 at 14:07

ogrisel · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-24T12:32:51.910

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Install SciPy Superpack or EPD to get all the required dependencies in one shot under OSX.

edited Apr 24 '12 at 12:32

answered Apr 22 '12 at 17:31

ogrisel

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '14 at 04:36

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I came across this nice tutorial and with just a few straight forward steps you can install it via PIP like this:

(Only the outlines. For details visit the authors page.)

install Xcode
install pip
install brew
install NumPy
install gfortran (important!)
install SciPy
install matplotlib (useful)
install scikit-learn
test

Also see the comments on the authors page for how to install PIP and Virtualenv.

answered Mar 17 '14 at 04:36

F Lekschas

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Note for mac users: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22313407/clang-error-unknown-argument-mno-fused-madd-python-package-installation-fa?rq=1 – arno_v Apr 02 '14 at 09:14

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 22 '14 at 13:10

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If you use Homebrew, then these two commands should do it for you:

brew tap homebrew/python
brew install scipy

answered May 22 '14 at 13:10

John J. Camilleri

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 24 '15 at 16:38

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You can use pip to install scikit.

http://scikit-learn.org/stable/install.html

answered Apr 24 '15 at 16:38

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 20 '21 at 19:42

You can use this brew install postgresql to install packages with the correct wheel file. When a venv is activated, sometimes you need to download the correct wheel file to install certain packages. This installation uses setup.py install instead making it easy for the virtual environment to install the desired package using the pip3 installation. Another common package that requires this installation is psycopg2 for django.

brew install postgresql
pip3 install scikit-learn

Cannot get scikit-learn installed on OS X

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