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SimString Python Package
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# SimString Python Package

Orginal version by `chokkan`_, available `here`_. New version (compiles
under macOS) from
`here <https://github.com/blinkhealth/simstring-python-package>`__.
Orginal version by [chokkan](https://github.com/chokkan/simstring). New version (compiles under macOS) from [here](https://github.com/blinkhealth/simstring-python-package)

Windows/Anaconda/VisualStudio specific steps:

1. Make sure that iconv is available to your desired conda environment:
``conda install -c conda-forge libiconv``
2. Then, open a Visual Studio Developer Prompt (e.g. “VS 2015 x64
Developer Command Prompt” or “VS 2015 x86 Developer Command Prompt”)
3. Now you can any of these commands to build or install:

.. code:: bash

python setup.py build
python setup.py install

4. **NOTE**: If there is a failure that ‘rc.exe’ cannot be found, add
the appropriate WindowKits binary path to PATH. More info on this
`here <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14372706/visual-studio-cant-build-due-to-rc-exe>`__.

.. _chokkan:
.. _here: https://github.com/chokkan/simstring
1. Make sure that iconv is available to your desired conda environment: `conda install -c conda-forge libiconv`
2. Then, open a Visual Studio Developer Prompt (e.g. “VS 2015 x64 Developer Command Prompt” or “VS 2015 x86 Developer Command Prompt”)
3. Now you can any of these commands to build or install: `python setup.py build && python setup.py install`
4. **NOTE**: If there is a failure that `rc.exe` cannot be found, add the appropriate WindowKits binary path to `PATH`. More info on this [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14372706/visual-studio-cant-build-due-to-rc-exe).

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