How to install diff-match-patch via python pip

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When you know about this project and you want to new install diff-match-patch to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "diff-match-patch" or ImportError: cannot import name "diff-match-patch" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install diff-match-patch

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

py -m venv test_diff-match-patch_env

test_diff-match-patch_env\Scripts\active

pip3 install virtualenv

python3 -m venv test_diff-match-patch_env

source test_diff-match-patch_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation diff-match-patch

To install diff-match-patch on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install diff-match-patch

To install diff-match-patch on Unix/macOs:

pip install diff-match-patch

Step 3: If you want to install a specific diff-match-patch version, add ==<diff-match-patch version> to the end command line

Example:

pip install diff-match-patch==20110725

Please see the version list below table:

py -m pip install diff-match-patch==20200713

pip install diff-match-patch==20200713

py -m pip install diff-match-patch==20181111

pip install diff-match-patch==20181111

py -m pip install diff-match-patch==20121119

pip install diff-match-patch==20121119

py -m pip install diff-match-patch==20120106

pip install diff-match-patch==20120106

py -m pip install diff-match-patch==20110725.1

pip install diff-match-patch==20110725.1

py -m pip install diff-match-patch==20110725

pip install diff-match-patch==20110725

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install diff-match-patch from local archives:

Download the distribution file from diff-match-patch-20200713.tar.gz or the specific diff-match-patch version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_diff-match-patch_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_diff-match-patch_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

- diff-match-patch-20110725.tar.gz
- diff-match-patch-20110725.1.tar.gz
- diff-match-patch-20120106.tar.gz
- diff-match-patch-20121119.tar.gz
- diff-match-patch-20181111.tar.gz
- diff-match-patch-20200713.tar.gz (python version >=2.7)
- diff_match_patch-20200713-py3-none-any.whl (python version >=2.7)

Project link:

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