contextualSpellCheck module cannot be loaded

[Abe410]

Hi guys,

By using the following resource, I am trying to install the spell check library:

https://spacy.io/universe/project/contextualSpellCheck

But after doing the pip install and then importing cpntextualSpellCheck, I get an error "No module named 'contextualSpellCheck'".

Any advice?

Thanks

[ljvmiranda921]

Hi @Abe410 ,

Just to sanity-check, did contextualSpellCheck install without any problems? You can refer to the installation logs to be sure. One of its dependencies, editdistance, requires wheel to be installed, so you might want to do something like:

pip install wheel  # to solve some setup problems
pip install contextualSpellCheck

Another thing to check is your environment, are you importing contextualSpellCheck in the same environment where you installed it? You can avoid env problems by creating virtual environments and the like.

[Abe410]

Hi

When installing wheel, it gives the message that "Requirement already satisfied".

But when I install contextualSpellCheck, the following is a message I get:

Building wheels for collected packages: editdistance
Building wheel for editdistance (setup.py): started
Building wheel for editdistance (setup.py): finished with status 'error'
Running setup.py clean for editdistance
Failed to build editdistance
Installing collected packages: editdistance, contextualSpellCheck
Running setup.py install for editdistance: started
Running setup.py install for editdistance: finished with status 'error'

Also:

building 'editdistance.bycython' extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": [https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/]()

ERROR: Failed building wheel for editdistance
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:

[ljvmiranda921]

So what's happening is that editdistance, a dependency of contextualSpellCheck, is not being built properly. Hence, contextualSpellCheck is not installed as a result. Perhaps you can follow what was suggested in the traceback? Might also be worth a shot installing via conda although I haven't personally tried that.

[Abe410]

I already have Visual C++ version 14.0 and up, but still no luck.

I'll try installing via conda and let's see if there is any luck then.

Thanks!

[Abe410]

Update

I went through the traceback and turns out I wasn't installing the correct Visual C++.

The following resource can be of help to anyone also stuck with the same problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcI1_e38BWs

Thanks alot Miranda!