Hidden Markov Models (HMM) in Python

Question

I am working with Hidden Markov Models in Python. For that I came across a package/module named hmmpytk. The problem is hmmpytk isnt pre-installed and when I download the hmmpytk module, i only get codes without the installation file. I use windows operating system. If I run a code simply with "from hmmpytk import hmm_faster" I get an Import error. ..so no idea how i get started with hmmpytk.

Answer 1

You need to make sure that the folder hmmpytk (and possibly also lame_tagger) is "in the directory containing the script that was used to invoke the Python interpreter." See the documentation about the Python path sys.path

EDIT: Alternatively, you can make sure that those folders are on your Python path. To see the folders in your path, type import sys; sys.path - the CWD is the first entry in the path if you started the interactive interpreter.

Answer 2

You probably want PIP or easy_install to install python packages.