Installation

Currently, we are supporting Python 3 (version 3.6 is recommended). There are several ways to install Cornac:

• From PyPI (you may need a C++ compiler):

  pip3 install cornac
  

• From Anaconda:

  conda install cornac -c qttruong -c pytorch
  

• From the GitHub source (for latest updates):

  pip3 install Cython
  git clone https://github.com/PreferredAI/cornac.git
  cd cornac
  python3 setup.py install
  

Note:

Additional dependencies required by models are listed here.

Some of the algorithms use OpenMP to support multi-threading. For OSX users, in order to run those algorithms efficiently, you might need to install gcc from Homebrew to have an OpenMP compiler:

brew install gcc | brew link gcc

If you want to utilize your GPUs, you might consider:

• TensorFlow installation instructions: https://www.tensorflow.org/install/
• PyTorch installation instructions: https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/
• cuDNN: https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/sdk/cudnn-install/ (for Nvidia GPUs)