Installing this repository with pip

[NilsHulzebosch]

Hi there, when installing this repository with pip install -r requirements.txt (where the requirements.txt file contains git+https://github.com/KaiyangZhou/Dassl.pytorch.git), the import numpy as np in setup.py throws a ModuleNotFoundError, because numpy is not yet installed at that moment. Is is it possible to remove the import numpy as np statement and def numpy_include(): ... from setup.py such that this repository can be installed automatically with pip?

[KaiyangZhou]

When you run conda create -n dassl python=3.7, the numpy package is supposed to be installed. No?

[NilsHulzebosch]

Correct indeed if you follow the instructions provided under Get started / Installation.

However, in our project we use pip as an alternative way of installing this repository (without conda). This would succeed if import numpy and def numpy_include(): ... are removed (the latter is declared but never called in the repository). Since numpy is a third-party library, it might be more robust to remove from setup.py or put it in a try ... except ... clause.