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Installation Guide
==================
This page gives instructions of how to build and install the xgboost package from
This page gives instructions on how to build and install the xgboost package from
scratch on various systems. It consists of two steps:
1. First build the shared library from the C++ codes (`libxgboost.so` for linux/osx and `libxgboost.dll` for windows).
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```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
```
For windows users who uses github tools, you can open the git shell, and type the following command.
For windows users who use github tools, you can open the git shell, and type the following command.
```bash
git submodule init
git submodule update
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Our goal is to build the shared library:
- On Linux/OSX the target library is ```libxgboost.so```
- On Windows the target libary is ```libxgboost.dll```
- On Windows the target library is ```libxgboost.dll```
The minimal building requirement is
- A recent c++ compiler supporting C++ 11 (g++-4.6 or higher)
We can edit `make/config.mk` to change the compile options, and then build by
`make`. If everything goes well, we can go the specific language installation section.
`make`. If everything goes well, we can go to the specific language installation section.
### Building on Ubuntu/Debian
On Ubuntu, one build xgboost by
On Ubuntu, one builds xgboost by
Then build xgboost
```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost; make -j4
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### Building on OSX
On OSX, one build xgboost by
On OSX, one builds xgboost by
```bash
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost; cp make/minimum.mk ./config.mk; make -j4
```
This build xgboost without multi-threading, because by default clang in OSX does not come with open-mp.
This builds xgboost without multi-threading, because by default clang in OSX does not come with open-mp.
See the following paragraph for OpenMP enabled xgboost.
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### Building on Windows
You need to first clone the xgboost repo with recursive option clone the submodules.
If you are using github tools, you can open the git-shell, and type the following command.
We recommend using the [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/),
We recommend using [Git for Windows](https://git-for-windows.github.io/)
because it brings a standard bash shell. This will highly ease the installation process.
```bash
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2. Only set the environment variable `PYTHONPATH` to tell python where to find
the library. For example, assume we cloned `xgboost` on the home directory
`~`. then we can added the following line in `~/.bashrc`
It is ***recommended for developers*** who may change the codes. The changes will be immediately reflected once you pulled the code and rebuild the project (no need to call ```setup``` again)
`~`. then we can added the following line in `~/.bashrc`.
It is ***recommended for developers*** who may change the codes. The changes will be immediately reflected once you pulled the code and rebuild the project (no need to call ```setup``` again)
```bash
export PYTHONPATH=~/xgboost/python-package
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cd python-package; python setup.py develop --user
```
4. If you are installing the latest xgboost version which require compilation, add MinGW to the system PATH:
4. If you are installing the latest xgboost version which requires compilation, add MinGW to the system PATH:
```python
import os
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```
2. **Compile failed after `config.mk` is modified**
Need to clean all first:
```bash
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3. **Makefile: dmlc-core/make/dmlc.mk: No such file or directory**
We need to recusrively clone the submodule, you can do:
We need to recursively clone the submodule, you can do:
```bash
git submodule init