NLTK download SSL: Certificate verify failed

Question

I get the following error when trying to install Punkt for nltk:

nltk.download(\'punkt\')    
 [nltk_data] Error loading Punkt: 

        

Answer 1

Run the Python interpreter and type the commands:

import nltk
nltk.download()

from here: http://www.nltk.org/data.html

if you get an SSL/Certificate error, run the following command

bash /Applications/Python 3.6/Install Certificates.command

from here: ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:749)