How to install gensim

Question

I am using Python 2.7. I have been trying to install gensim corpora using easy_install -U gensim but having the following error:

Best match: gensim 0.12.3
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/g/gensim/gensim-0.12.3.tar.gz#md5=9581467d50ec6da0097939464c422d00
Processing gensim-0.12.3.tar.gz
Writing /tmp/easy_install-gov1DV/gensim-0.12.3/setup.cfg
Running gensim-0.12.3/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-gov1DV/gensim-0.12.3/egg-dist-tmp-OwbpdK
The required version of setuptools (>=1.3.2) is not available,
and can't be installed while this script is running. Please
install a more recent version first, using
'easy_install -U setuptools'.

(Currently using setuptools 1.1.6 (/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python))
error: Setup script exited with 2

I checked for the setuptools version, I found it 19.2.

Answer 1

Some Operating systems do not allow uninstallation of some python packages. In this case, to install gensim package six needs to be uninstalled, but MacOS, particularly after El Capitan(not sure if this happens for all versions, does happen in Sierra too), does not allow uninstalling pre-installed packages.

To install gensim, just use --ignore-installed flag of pip

sudo -H pip install --ignore-installed gensim

Answer 2

There are two thing you can do in this place 1. i install easy_install

easy_install https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-19.2.tar.gz

OR

2.Use distribution of Python like ANACONDA

install anacoda.

conda install -c anaconda gensim=0.12.4