Google Colab Guided LDA Install Issue

[chughe22]

When I try to install guidedlda in google colab I get the following errors:

Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://us-python.pkg.dev/colab-wheels/public/simple/
Collecting guidedlda
Using cached guidedlda-2.0.0.dev22.tar.gz (2.1 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages (from guidedlda) (1.21.6)
Building wheels for collected packages: guidedlda
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
Building wheel for guidedlda (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Failed building wheel for guidedlda
Running setup.py clean for guidedlda
Failed to build guidedlda
Installing collected packages: guidedlda
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Running setup.py install for guidedlda did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
Running setup.py install for guidedlda ... error
error: legacy-install-failure

× Encountered error while trying to install package.
╰─> guidedlda

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for output from the failure.

[wangjun4]

Were you able to solve this problem? I am facing the same problem now...
Please let me know if you solved it...

[wangjun4]

After hours of searching and trying, I was eventually able to make it work on Colab following this method.

More specifically, on Colab:

1. Install the original LDA package

• you can just use: !pip install lda

2. Pull down the repository: /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/lda
3. Drop the *.py files from the GuidedLDA_WorkAround repo in the lda folder under site-packages for your specific enviroment.