How to install shogun library on Google Colaboratory

Question

I want to use some tools from shogun machine learning library through Google Colab. However, I cannot install the package. I tried to install Anaconda and install shogun using conda, but after installation, importing shogun is unsuccessful. I tried to follow the instructions provided by the shogun official website, though it didn't help.

So, my question is how to install shogun in a Google Colab document? Is it possible in the first place?

Answer 1

You can install packages in Google Colab using the the following syntax:

 !pip install shogun-ml

However, on the shogun-ml installation page they list the other installation options they have available:

Install via atp-get:

!add-apt-repository ppa:shogun-toolbox/stable
!apt-get update
!apt-get install libshogun18

Then install the python 2 bindings with:

!apt-get install python-shogun

Install via docker:

!docker pull shogun/shogun:master
!docker run -it shogun/shogun:master bash

Additionally this dockerfile would be appropriate: https://hub.docker.com/r/shogun/cloud/~/dockerfile/

Answer 2

You can first install anaconda on colab,

!wget https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh && bash Anaconda3-5.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh -bfp /usr/local

import sys sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages')

Then, install Shogun with,

!conda install -c conda-forge shogun