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

You just need to Install the certificate doing this simple step

In the python application folder double-click on the file 'Certificates.command'

this will make a prompt window show in your screen and basically will automatically install the certificate for you, close this window and try again.