Install LensKit

To install the current release with Anaconda (recommended):

conda install -c lenskit lenskit

The packages in the lenskit channel are intended to be used with Anaconda’s default channels. We publish packages for Python 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8.

You can also use pip to install LensKit in a stock Python environment, such as a virtual environment:

pip install lenskit

To use the latest development version, install directly from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/lenskit/lkpy

Then see Getting Started.

Note

LensKit is optimized for MKL-based Anaconda installs. It works in other Python environments, but performance will usually suffer for some algorithms. lenskit.algorithms.item_knn is particularly affected by this.