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Re:Dlib: Modern C++/Python Toolkit for Machine Learning by thundergolfer on Monday July 26, 2021 @09:04AM (#27958859)
Last time I used it, the Python package isn't shipped as a wheel, so you have to compile dlib from source using CMake on install. Makes it harder to use for Python devs.
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Re:Dlib: Modern C++/Python Toolkit for Machine Learning by woko on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:46AM (#27960880)
That is correct. When one runs `pip install dlib`, only a .tar.gz file is retrieved. Then the building process takes a long while!

> Collecting dlib

> Downloading dlib-19.22.0.tar.gz (7.4 MB)

> || 7.4 MB 14.7 MB/s

> Building wheels for collected packages: dlib

I had not noticed before because I have only used dlib on Google Colaboratory, where it is thankfully pre-installed.

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