From 737f6ad1f78cccc0daf18e85d98695ea0a91c7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Dean Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 16:33:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Starts on a list of external deps required for dev (#18929) * Starts on a list of external deps required for dev I've found that I need to install MeCab manually on my AS Mac. * Generalizes OS nascent dependency list Co-authored-by: Sylvain Gugger <35901082+sgugger@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Sylvain Gugger <35901082+sgugger@users.noreply.github.com> --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 7dbc492f7e..8696b2c5da 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ Follow these steps to start contributing ([supported Python versions](https://gi If you have already cloned that repo, you might need to `git pull` to get the most recent changes in the `datasets` library. + + Depending on your OS, you might need to install some external libraries, as well, if the `pip` installation fails. + + For macOS, you will likely need [MeCab](https://taku910.github.io/mecab/), which can be installed from Homebrew: + + ```bash + brew install mecab + ``` 5. Develop the features on your branch.