pyicu.md

PyICU >= 1.5 is required for reading or writing Aard 2 (.slob) files.

Installation on Linux

• Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt install pyicu
• openSUSE: sudo zypper install python3-PyICU
• Fedora: sudo dnf install python3-pyicu
• Other distros:
  • Install ICU >= 4.8
  • Run sudo pip3 install PyICU or pip3 install PyICU --user

Installation on Android with Termux

• Run pkg install libicu
• Run pip install PyICU

Installation on Windows

• Open https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyicu

• Download latest file that matches your system:

  • cp39 for Python 3.9, cp38 for Python 3.8, etc.
  • win_amd64 for Windows 64-bit, win32 for Windows 32-bit.

  For example:

  • PyICU‑2.6‑cp39‑cp39‑win_amd64.whl for 64-bit with Python 3.9
  • PyICU‑2.6‑cp39‑cp39‑win32.whl for 32-bit with Python 3.9

• Open Start -> type Command -> right-click on Command Prompt -> Run as administrator

• Type pip install

  then drag-and-drop downloaded file into Command Prompt and press Enter.