Install nltk on python

Question

I attempted to install the nltk on the terminal I have python2.7 and I also installed python3.8 and java8 yet I got plenty of errors

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hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % python -V

Python 2.7.16

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % sudo apt update

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Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/apt" (-1)

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % python3

Python 3.8.6 (v3.8.6:db455296be, Sep 23 2020, 13:31:39) 

[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import nltk

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'nltk'

>>> 

zsh: suspended  python3

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % cd Desktop\python_Exercises

cd: no such file or directory: Desktoppython_Exercises

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % cd Desktop/python_Exercises

cd: no such file or directory: Desktop/python_Exercises

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % import sys

zsh: command not found: import

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % pyhton3.8

zsh: command not found: pyhton3.8

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % python3

Python 3.8.6 (v3.8.6:db455296be, Sep 23 2020, 13:31:39) 

[Clang 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> 

zsh: suspended  python3

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % python --version

Python 2.7.16

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % pip --version

pip 20.2.3 from /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-20.2.3-py2.7.egg/pip (python 2.7)

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % python get-pip.py

/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python: can't open file 'get-pip.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % sudo apt install python3.8-pip

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Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-15.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/apt" (-1)

hanadyahmed@hanadys-mbp-2 ~ % 

Answer 1

Have you tried the following code?

import nltk

nltk.download()

This ought to raise a window to choose what you need to download from nltk

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