Install Scikit Learn

So, for a project of mine, I had to work on Machine Learning with Python. I found this open source library: scikit-learn which had all the tools needed for machine learning.

Here is how you install it (on Ubuntu 14.04) :

The library requires Python of either of the following versions:

• 2.6 or greater
• 3.3 or greater

To check for the version of Python on your device using either of the following commands in the terminal:

python --version

python3 --version

If either of them are not of a compatible version, then follow this link here to upgrade.

Similarly, make sure your NumPy version is greater than or equal to 1.6.1 and your SciPy version is greater than or equal to 0.9.

Then all you have to do is run the following command:

pip install -U scikit-learn

So if this works without any errors, then you can now use the library in your python code. All you have to do for that is to write a line in your code:

from sklearn import xxxxx

Here “xxxxx” would mean any particular thing you would want to import.

For example,

from sklearn.cluster import KMeans

allows you to use the K-Means clustering algorithm in your code.

Go through the documentation and the example codes given on this website before you proceed further. They are very useful.

Thanks for reading! Hopes it helps!