python pip install error language_check

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When I am trying to install sudo pip install language_check I got this error:

Collecting language_check
Downloading language-check-1.0.tar.gz
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
Installed /tmp/pip-build-_cYgOq/language-check/.eggs/3to2-1.1.1-py2.7.‌
egg error in language-check setup command: package_data must be a dictionary 
mapping package names to lists of wildcard patterns
----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-_cYgOq/language-check/

Collecting language_check Downloading language-check-1.0.tar.gz Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents... Installed /tmp/pip-build-_cYgOq/language-check/.eggs/3to2-1.1.1-py2.7.egg error in language-check setup command: package_data must be a dictionary mapping package names to lists of wildcard patterns ---------------------------------------- Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-_cYgOq/language-check/ — user054, Jul 20 '17 at 09:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '17 at 10:00

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It's a bug in language-check. They fixed it at 23 March but didn't include in any release yet (release 1.0 was from 21 March).

Download the sources from Github and install with

python setup.py install

answered Jul 20 '17 at 10:00

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hi. can you provide the link of the github repository – user054 Jul 20 '17 at 10:43
The 1st in my answer. Can also be found at the page for the second link. That's where I found it. – phd Jul 20 '17 at 10:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 20 '17 at 19:14

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I believe that if you install the latest version of Python, python3.6.2 it should work.

edited Aug 20 '17 at 19:14

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answered Aug 20 '17 at 18:45

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 29 '22 at 17:52

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git clone -b patch-1 https://github.com/SpartorA/language-check.git

python setup.py install

Above will work

answered Jan 29 '22 at 17:52

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 02 '22 at 13:11

I was able to successfully install language-check in my Python 3.7 environment on MacOS as follows:

Check Java installation :

for language-check, Java 8 is expected
For MacOS: Follow these steps : https://stackoverflow.com/a/24657630

Install language-check

pip install language-check, won't directly work, you would have to:

Install from a forked & fixed repo for language-check
pip install git+https://github.com/MCFreddie777/language-check.git

python pip install error language_check

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