How to install xgboost package in python (windows platform)? - python

http://xgboost.readthedocs.org/en/latest/python/python_intro.html
On the homepage of xgboost(above link), it says:
To install XGBoost, do the following steps:
You need to run make in the root directory of the project
In the python-package directory run
python setup.py install
However, when I did it, for step 1 the following error appear:
make : The term 'make' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
then I skip step1 and did step 2 directly, another error appear:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 19, in <module>
LIB_PATH = libpath['find_lib_path']()
File "xgboost/libpath.py", line 44, in find_lib_path
'List of candidates:\n' + ('\n'.join(dll_path)))
__builtin__.XGBoostLibraryNotFound: Cannot find XGBoost Libarary in the candicate path, did you install compilers and run build.sh in root path?
Does anyone know how to install xgboost for python on Windows10 platform? Thanks for your help!

In case anyone's looking for a simpler solution that doesn't require compiling it yourself:
download xgboost whl file from here (make sure to match your python version and system architecture, e.g. "xgboost-0.6-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl" for python 3.5 on 64-bit machine)
open command prompt
cd to your Downloads folder (or wherever you saved the whl file)
pip install xgboost-0.6-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl (or whatever your whl file is named)
If you find it won't install because of a missing dependency, download and install the dependency first and retry.
If it complains about access permissions, try opening your command prompt as Administrator and retry.
This gives you xgboost and the scikit-learn wrapper, and saves you from having to go through the pain of compiling it yourself. :)

Note that as of the most recent release the Microsoft Visual Studio instructions no longer seem to apply as this link returns a 404 error:
https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/tree/master/windows
You can read more about the removal of the MSVC build from Tianqi Chen's comment here.
So here's what I did to finish a 64-bit build on Windows:
Download and install MinGW-64: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/
On the first screen of the install prompt make sure you set the Architecture to x86_64 and the Threads to win32
I installed to C:\mingw64 (to avoid spaces in the file path) so I added this to my PATH environment variable: C:\mingw64\mingw64\bin
I also noticed that the make utility that is included in bin\mingw64 is called mingw32-make so to simplify things I just renamed this to make
Open a Windows command prompt and type gcc. You should see something like "fatal error: no input file"
Next type make. You should see something like "No targets specified and no makefile found"
Type git. If you don't have git, install it and add it to your
PATH.
These should be all the tools you need to build the xgboost project. To get the source code run these lines:
cd c:\
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost
git submodule init
git submodule update
cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk
make -j4
Note that I ran this part from a Cygwin shell. If you are using the Windows command prompt you should be able to change cp to copy and arrive at the same result. However, if the build fails on you for any reason I would recommend trying again using cygwin.
If the build finishes successfully, you should have a file called xgboost.exe located in the project root. To install the Python package, do the following:
cd python-package
python setup.py install
Now you should be good to go. Open up Python, and you can import the package with:
import xgboost as xgb
To test the installation, I went ahead and ran the basic_walkthrough.py file that was included in the demo/guide-python folder of the project and didn't get any errors.

I installed XGBoost successfully in Windows 8 64bit, Python 2.7 with Visual Studio 2013 (don't need mingw64)
Updated 15/02/2017
With newer version of XGBoost, here are my steps
Step 1. Install cmake https://cmake.org/download/
Verify cmake have been installed successfully
$ cmake
Usage
cmake [options] <path-to-source>
cmake [options] <path-to-existing-build>
...
Step 2. Clone xgboost source
$ git clone https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost xgboost_dir
Step 3. Create Visual Studio Project
$ cd xgboost_dir
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake .. -G"Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64"
Step 4. Build Visual Studio 2013 project
Open file xgboost_dir/build/ALL_BUILD.vcxproj with Visual Studio 2013
In Visual Studio 2013, open BUILD > Configuration Manager...
choose Release in Active solution configuration
choose x64 in Active solution platform
Click BUILD > Build Solution (Ctrl + Shift +B)
After build solution, two new files libxgboost.dll and xgboost.exe are created in folder xgboost_dir/lib
Step 5. Build python package
Copy file libxgboost.dll to xgboost_dir/python-package
Change directory to xgboost_dir/python-package folder
Run command python setup.py install
Verify xgboost have been installed successfully
$ python -c "import xgboost"
Old Answer
Here are my steps:
git clone https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
git checkout 9bc3d16
Open project in xgboost/windows with Visual Studio 2013
In Visual Studio 2013, open BUILD > Configuration Manager...,
choose Release in Active solution configuration
choose x64 in Active solution platform
Rebuild xgboost, xgboost_wrapper
Copy all file in xgboost/windows/x64/Release folder to xgboost/wrapper
Go to xgboost/python-package, run command python setup.py install
Check xgboost by running command python -c "import xgboost"

I just installed xgboost both for my python 2.7 and python 3.5, anaconda, 64bit machine and 64 bit python.
both VERY simple, NO VS2013 or git required.
I think it works for normal python, too.
If you use python 3.5:
1: download the package here, the version depends on your python version, python3.5 or python 3.6, 32bit or 64bit.
2: use the command window, use cd to make the download folder as your pwd, then use
pip install filename.whl
OK, finished.
For more detailed steps, see this answer
if you use python 2.7, you do NOT need to download the VS2013 to build it yourself, because I have built it, you can download the file I built and install it directly
1: Download it here by google drive
2: Download it, decompress it, paste it here:
"your python path\Lib\site-packages"
Then you should have something look like this:
3: In python-package folder showed above, use cmd window, cd there and run
python setup.py install
use this code
import xgboost
in your python to check whether you have installed mingw-64 or not, No error information means you have installed the mingw-64 and you are finished.
If there are error information
"WindowsError: [Error 126] "
That means you have not installed mingw-64, and you have one more step to go.
Download the mingw-64 here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/
Choose x86_64 instead of the default "i686" when you installed the mingw-64,
then add "your install path\x86_64-6.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev1\mingw64\bin;" to your PATH, it should be something like this:
"C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-6.2.0-posix-seh-rt_v5-rev1\mingw64\bin;"
(this is mine).
Don't forget the ";" in the PATH.
Then you are finished,you can use
import xgboost
in your python to check that, Yeah!
PS: if you don't know how to add path, just google it to get solutions. Don't worry, it's very simple.

If You are installing XGBoost for a particular Project and You are using Pycahrm then you need to follow the procedures given below:
Download xgboost‑0.72‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl from Here (as I am using Python 3.6 if you use different version of Python like 2.7 then you need to install xgboost‑0.72‑cp27‑cp27m‑win_amd64.whl).
Copy the to your Project Interpreter directory. You can find the directory of Project Interpreter by clicking File -> Settings -> Project Interpreter from Pycharm.
Open Command Prompt. Go to directory to you Project Interpreter from cmd. Write the following command: pip install xgboost-0.72-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl

On windows 10 , with python 3.6, below command worked.
From Anaconda Prompt, below command can be used directly. The screenshot is attached as proof.
pip install xgboost

After build the c++ version, copy the release dll and lib files in ../windows/x64/Release/..(if you build x64 version) to ../wrapper/ then run python setup.py install

I followed the steps listed in https://www.kaggle.com/c/otto-group-product-classification-challenge/forums/t/13043/run-xgboost-from-windows-and-python. I will summarize what I did below.
1) Download Visual Basic Studio. You can download the community edition at visual studio website. There is a "free visual studio button on the upper right corner"
2) Copy all content from the git hub repository of xgboost/tree/master/windows and Open Visual studio existing project on Visual studio
3) There are a couple of drop down menus you need to select ( "Release" and "X64" and then select build --> build all from the upper menu. It should look something like the attached screenshot.
4) if you see the message ========== Build: 3 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========, it is all good
5) Browse to python-packages folder where the setup file for XGB resides and run the install command 'python setup.py install'.
You can find a similar thread at Install xgboost under python with 32-bit msys failing
Hope this helps.

To add to the solution by Disco4ever for those attempting to build on 32bit Windows machines.
After doing step 6 and creating a config.mk file you need to go into this file and edit the following lines to remove the -m64 flag
export CXX=g++ -m64
export CC=gcc -m64

Adding "git checkout 9a48a40" to Disco4Ever's solution above worked for me:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost
git checkout 9a48a40
git submodule init
git submodule update
This was originally posted by Cortajarena here:
https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues/1267
Also, for what it's worth, I originally had 32 bit Python running on my 64 bit machine and I had to upload 64 bit Python for XGBoost to work.

Thanks to disco4ever answer. I was trying to build xgboost for Python Anaconda environment in my windows 10 64 bit machine. Used Git, mingw64 and basic windows cmd.
Everthing worked for me till the copy step: cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk, as I was using windows cmd I modified it to copy c:\xgboost\make\mingw64.mk c:\xgboost\config.mk
when I proceeded to the next step : make -j4, I got error that build failed. At this stage after so much frustration just tired something different by clicking on build.sh (shell script). It started executing and auto finished.
Then I executed the same step make -j4, to my awe build was successful. I have seen the most awaited xgboost.exe file in my xgboost folder.
I then proceeded with further steps and executed python setup.py install. finally everything installed perfectly. Then I went to my spyder and checked whether it is working or not. But I was one step away to my happiness because I was still seeing the import error.
Closed all command prompts (Anaconda, Git bash, Windows CMD, cygwin terminal) then again opened spyder and typed 'import xgboost'. SUCCESS, No ERROR.
Once again thank you for everyone.

You can install xGBoost using either Visual Studio or minGW. Since, the official xgboost website says that MSVC build is not yet updated, I tried using mingw64.
I am running xgboost (python package) on my win7 x64. Steps I followed were:
1) Follow Disco4Ever's steps for ming64 installation (mentioned above in the answers).
2) Install Git for windows. windows download link. This will also install Git Bash. Add git-installation-directory\cmd to your system environment variable PATH list.
3) Now clone xGBoost in desired location. Type the following in cmd:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost
git submodule init
git submodule update
cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk
make -j4
4) In xgboost's root directory there should be a shell script named "build". Open it. It'll open up a Git Bash and start building. After building, xgboost.exe file will be created.
5) Now install python package :
cd python-package
python setup.py install
You can test by importing xgboost in python.

It took a whole day, but I successfully installed xgboost on windows 7 64-bit box using TDM-GCC with OpenMP enabled, instead of MingW following this link - http://dnc1994.com/2016/03/installing-xgboost-on-windows/

Here's a very helpful link with important points to pay attention to during installation. It's very important to install "openmp". Otherwise you'll get error message.
The link provides a step by step instruction for installing. Here's some quote:
Building Xgboost
To be fair, there is nothing wrong about the official guide for
installing xgboost on Windows. But still, I’d love to stress several
points here to save your time.
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd xgboost
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8myex4bnuzcp03/Makefile_win?dl=1
cp Makefile_win Makefile
cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk
mingw32-make
Makefile_win is a modified version (thanks to Zhou Xiyou) of the
original Makefile to suit the building process on Windows. You can
wget it or download it here. Be sure to use a UNIX shell for thi
because Windows CMD has issue with mkdir -p command. Git Bash is
recommended. Be sure to use --recursive option with git clone. Be sure
to use a proper MinGW. TDM-GCC is recommended. Note that by default it
wouldn’t install OpenMP for you. You need to specifiy it otherwise the
building would fail.
Another helpful link is the official procedure: official guide
Good luck!

I would like to add a small workaround to Disco4ever 's solution.
For me I was unable to perform cloning in cygwin. So the workaround is perform it in command prompt in windows and do the rest of the task in cygwin.
Use cd c:\xgboost in the 3rd line to make it work in cygwin. So the updated last part is like this.
cd c:\
git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
cd c:\xgboost
git submodule init
git submodule update
cp make/mingw64.mk config.mk
make -j4
And after installation is complete you can uninstall git and cygwin but xgboost and mingw64 must be kept as it is.

Note that: before "make -j4" use gcc -v to check your gcc version.
As to me, My environment is win10 + anaconda(python 2.7), when I run make -j4. It shows std::mutex error. After I use gcc- v It echo gcc4.7(anaconda's default gcc).After I choose my gcc to mingw64's 6.2 gcc ,then it works.
Finally, I use "/d/Anaconda2/python.exe setup.py install" install xgboost python packet.

You can install XGBoost using following 3 steps:
Gather information of your system (python version and system architecture - 32 bit or 64 bit)
download related .whl from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
e.g. if your python version is 3.7 and windows is 32 bit, then suitable file is:
xgboost‑0.72‑cp37‑cp37m‑win32.whl
run pip install yourdownloadedfile.whl
You can also find detailed steps here.

I use Jupyter notebook and I found a really simple way to install XGBoost within Anaconda:
Install Anaconda
Open Anaconda Navigator
In Environments, update the index and search for xgboost (in not-installed)
Pick libxgboost and py-xgboost and click 'Apply'
Done

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AttributeError: module 'cv2.cv2' has no attribute 'freetype' in OpenCV

I'm using a docker container with minimal packages installed. I installed opencv-contrib-python using pip3 install opencv-contrib-python and it installed the latest build 4.1.025 and have verified that it was running and my program was ok with it. However, now I need the freetype module but when I try:
import cv2 as cv
ft = cv.freetype.createFreeType2()
It throws the AttributeError as in the title. I tried reinstalling different versions namely: 4.0.0.21, 4.0.1.23, 4.0.1.24, 4.1.0.25 to no avail. I am using the headless version mainly(since I'm using docker and I don't need any gui functionality). Another thing I found out was not all the modules can be imported I have tried (ccalib, tracking, sfm, xobjdetect etc) and these modules throw the same error. Does this mean that some modules are not available through the pip3 installation? Thank you.
I'm pretty late to this issue, but I hope this helps someone.
I've added links to an easy to follow guide at the bottom.
Here are the essential steps, you'd need to follow:
Install CMake & Git (if you haven't already)
In a folder git vcpkg (git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git)
Install freetype and harfbuzz using vcpkg commandline
bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
vcpkg install freetype:x64-windows
vcpkg install harfbuzz:x64-windows
Locate vcpkg.cmake file and note down its path
Ensure C++ build tools are installed in Visual Studio 19
Download and extract OpenCV & OpenCV contrib
Create a empty dir called "build" inside the extracted OpenCV
Modify CMakeLists.txt inside freetype module folder in opencv-contrib (Link)
Modify and run the following command:
cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019"
-B D:\code\downloads\opencv-4.3.0\build
-D BUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON
-D BUILD_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON
-D BUILD_opencv_python3=yes
-D PYTHON_DEFAULT_EXECUTABLE=D:\anaconda3\python.exe
-D OPENCV_SKIP_PYTHON_LOADER=ON
-D PYTHON_LIBRARY=D:\anaconda3\libs\python36.lib
-D OPENCV_EXTRA_MODULES_PATH=D:\code\downloads\opencv_contrib-4.3.0\modules
-D OPEN_CV_FORCE_PYTHON_LIBS=yes
-D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=D:\code\downloads\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake
Use CMake GUI to make changes referenced at this link (LINK)
Once necessary changes are made, click Configure and Generate.
Building DEBUG & RELEASE versions using Visual Studio 19
Test the installation by importing cv2.freetype from the environment you setup.
There's a comprehensive written guide over here:
https://github.com/BabaGodPikin/Build-OpenCv-for-Python-with-Extra-Modules-Windows-10
Also, I've made a video inspired by the same tutorial, which can be found here:
https://youtu.be/9YUDx3qzKwY
I would recommend watching the video and keeping this guide open on the side.
Cheers!

How to fix : pyconfig.h not found with Anaconda

I am setting up boost-python for the python bindings of a library. Previously, boost was installed but linked against python2.7. After some tribulations, everything from the previous boost install is gone and I am trying to install a fresh boost.
I am using Linux Mint for the record, and Anaconda with python 3.6.8.
It works correctly in the CLI : python --version gives 3.6.8
I then begin to follow the instructions for building boost : https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_69_0.html
What I got from other threads is to do this :
sudo apt-get install python3-dev
I am not sure I am supposed to since I have anaconda3 but anyway, I did it.
./bootstrap.sh
here the file project-config.jam is created and the line about python says :
using python : 3.6 : /home/myUser/anaconda3 ;
I then proceed to build with b2 :
sudo ./b2 --with-python -j8 install
the installation fails with literally a wall of text full of these :
./boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:50:11: fatal error:
pyconfig.h: No such file or directory
# include <pyconfig.h>
^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
When I search inside ~/anaconda3/include/python3.6m the file pyconfig.h sits there as expected
Is there additional information I should give to b2 or bootstrap ?
I face the same problem for installing boost 1.70 and Anaconda3 with python Anaconda with python 3.7.1. I found an answer based on this question.
Ubuntu - Linking boost.python - Fatal error: pyconfig cannot be found
By the way to solve this problem first you should find the "pyconfig.h" file in the installation directory of Anaconda. For me it's in "~/anaconda3/include/python3.7m". Then export this address or just add this address to the .bashrc file.
export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH:path/to/your/Anaconda3/include/python3.7m"
Put the address to Anaconda in your pc instead of path/to/your/Anaconda3. Remember to restart the terminal after this. Then again just run "./b2" in the boost folder. It should compile the rest.

XGBOOST install from windows binary fails

guys
I'm trying to install gpu enabled version xgboost, and I followed exact step from [this instructions].(http://www.picnet.com.au/blogs/guido/2016/09/22/xgboost-windows-x64-binaries-for-download/)
git clone https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost.git xgboost_install_dir
copy libxgboost.dll (downloaded from this page) into the xgboost_install_dir\python-package\xgboost\ directory
cd xgboost_install_dir\python-package\
python setup.py install
And now after I run all those steps, I successfully installed xgboost into a egg folder called "xgboost-0.7-py3.5.egg", under which there is two subfolder "EGG-INFO" and xgboost, but there isn't a folder in my python site-packages called xgboost...like this:
/site-packages
/xgboost-0.7-py3.5.egg
/EGG-INFO
/xgboost
I tried to copy paste the xgboost folder into site-package, but the benchmark program still fails. Did I miss something?
Here is the command log command.log
Environment info
Operating System: Windows 10 x64
Package used (python/R/jvm/C++): python 3.5.2 x64
xgboost version used: 0.7
Please help me! I just spend most all my money on nvidia 1080ti and I really hope that I can implement this...
If you don't have strict version requirements on xgboost,you can try this.
First, download binary file of xgboost from this page:https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#xgboost
For example, I use python 3.6 and windows 10 64bit version, so I choose this:
xgboost‑0.82‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl
you can choose the package accoring your environment.
$ pip install xgboost-0.82-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
$ python
>>> from xgboost import XGBRegressor
Enjoy it!

pystan: CompileError: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 (Windows)

Before I get to far into this, I should note that I have seen a very similar question, but the solution presented did not work for me. Perhaps one reason why is because that was Linux build and my current difficulty is on a Windows 7 machine. I use Cygwin to get access to the gcc (5.2.0) compiler suite.
In any event, I have been attempting to try out Stan via PyStan. I am working with an Anaconda (2.4.1 64-bit) distribution which I just updated today (Python 2.7.11). I initially tried to install PyStan via pip, but the install keeps failing due to what looks like the following error:
Cannot build msvcr library: "msvcr90d.dll" not found
Consequently, I used conda instead, which seemed to install just fine. (I should note that the conda install pushed my numpy back to an earlier version, which created conflicts with the pandas upon import. I just updated anaconda to deal with these broken dependencies.) I was also able to import PyStan without any problems. However, when I actually tried to fit a model (inside of a Jupyter Notebook), the process failed with the exception in the title.
The first thing I did was confirm that gcc was where in the referenced location (not shown in the title). Indeed it was, and it seemed to working just fine. I then tried to run the model as a script from the command line (still using Python), and it failed with the same error. When I recreated the model via the REPL, it pointed to a different location that had a .bat file referencing the (verified) compiler, and that failed as well.
I am pretty sure this is because I have Visual Studio 2012, instead of Visual Studio 2008. While it is possible for me to run parallel installations, if this code is going to be useful for others in the future, these are not reasonable hoops to jump through to make it happen. I was hoping that someone else might have a better explanation. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Beneficial from the post at https://github.com/stan-dev/pystan/issues/306
I have met various error message, but finally, I install PyStan successfully.
My machine is also on Windows 7, x64 with Anaconda3 installed.Here are the procedures to install PyStan from the sourced codes.
Install Visual Studio 2017 & Visual Studio C++ Build Tool 2015 at http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools
Update Conda
conda update conda
conda update --all
check the dependencies
pip install setuptool
conda install numpy cython matplotlib scipy pandas
Install gcc compiler components
conda install libpython
conda install -c msys2 m2w64-toolchain=5.3.0
created distutils.cfg file inside Anaconda3\Lib\distutils folder with the following:
[build]
compiler = mingw32
Download Git at https://git-scm.com/downloads
git clone --recursive https://github.com/stan-dev/pystan.git
Compile from the source code
python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32
python setup.py install
P.S. The solution for the issue: Cannot build msvcr library: "vcruntime140d.dll" not found.
Copy vcruntime140d.dll from C:\Windows\System32 to any folder, which is reachable in the path in the advanced system settings/environment variables/ system variables.

Installing (build) matplotlib in mac osx lion

I installed pynum and scipy (on osx Lion with python 2.7), but when I tried to build matplotlib
git clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git
cd matplotlib
python setup.py build
python setup.py install
I've got these errors:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Headers/ATSTypes.h:242: error: declaration for parameter ‘FMFontDirectoryFilter’ but no such parameter
src/_macosx.m:5912: error: expected ‘{’ at end of input
lipo: can't open input file: /var/folders/qw/pr2f7vq91b3c3ngkxrrqplm8zkv09r/T//ccAgEklo.out (No such file or directory)
error: command 'llvm-gcc-4.2' failed with exit status 1
Could somebody please tell me what is the problem?
P.S.
At first I tried to install it in this way:
pip install -e git+https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib#egg=matplotlib-dev
but it does not worked for me
I always find this process more painful than it should be, but I've done it a few times now and I believe that these steps should get you set up:
Get Xcode 4.3.2, it's required for some of the later steps.
Download the latest version of python for OSX from python.org
Grab the Scipy superpack.
Uninstall any previous versions of numpy/matplotlib/scipy that you currently have. That includes doing cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ and moving any numpy/matplotlib/scipy directories or eggs into a temp directory.
cd ~/Downloads(or wherever you downloaded the superpack script to) and run sh install_superpack.sh. Answer no to the question are you installing from a repository cloned to this machine or you'll be confused about why the script keeps failing.
That should be it! You should now be able to boot up the python console and import numpy, scipy, matplotlib.

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