How do I install libsvm for python under windows 7?

Question

Would like to know how to install libsvm for python under windows 7?

I downloaded the livsvm zip, but I don\'t understand the instructions included. I have placed th

Answer 1

The best way I found to install libSVM on Windows, alongside other Python libraries, is to use unofficial Windows binaries, here:

http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#libsvm

This page provides 32- and 64-bit Windows binaries of many scientific open-source extension packages for the official CPython distribution of the Python programming language.

Most binaries are built from source code found on PyPI or in the projects public revision control systems. Source code changes, if any, have been submitted to the project maintainers or are included in the packages.

Many binaries depend on Numpy-MKL 1.8 and/or the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (64 bit or 32 bit, for CPython 2.6 to 3.2) or Visual C++ 2010 (64 bit or 32 bit, for CPython 3.3 and 3.4) redistributable packages.