Installing joblib¶
The easy_install way¶
For the easiest way to install joblib you need to have setuptools installed.
For installing for all users, you need to run:
easy_install joblib
You may need to run the above command as administrator
On a unix environment, it is better to install outside of the hierarchy managed by the system:
easy_install --prefix /usr/local joblib
Installing only for a specific user is easy if you use Python 2.6 or above:
easy_install --user joblib
Warning
Packages installed via easy_install override the Python module look up mechanism and thus can confused people not familiar with setuptools. Although it may seem harder, we suggest that you use the manual way, as described in the following paragraph.
Using distributions¶
Joblib is packaged for several linux distribution: archlinux, debian, ubuntu, altlinux, and fedora. For minimum administration overhead, using the package manager is the recommended installation strategy on these systems.
The manual way¶
To install joblib first download the latest tarball (follow the link on the bottom of http://pypi.python.org/pypi/joblib) and expand it.
Installing in a local environment¶
If you don’t need to install for all users, we strongly suggest that you create a local environment and install joblib in it. One of the pros of this method is that you never have to become administrator, and thus all the changes are local to your account and easy to clean up.
If you are under Pyton 2.6 or above
Simple go in the directory created by expanding the joblib tarball and run the following command:
python setup.py install --user
Installing for all users¶
If you have administrator rights and want to install for all users, all you need to do is to go in directory created by expanding the joblib tarball and run the following line:
python setup.py install
If you are under Unix, we suggest that you install in ‘/usr/local’ in order not to interfere with your system:
python setup.py install --prefix /usr/local