pyod fails to install using pip

When attempting to install without nose, I receive the following error:

(PyVi) Michael:PyVi michael$ pip install pyod
Collecting pyod==0.5.0 (from -r requirements.txt (line 18))
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c9/8c/6774fa2e7ae6fe9c2c648114d15ba584f950002377480e14183a0999af30/pyod-0.5.0.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/setup.py", line 2, in <module>
        from pyod import __version__
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/pyod/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
        from . import models
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/pyod/models/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
        from .abod import ABOD
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/pyod/models/abod.py", line 17, in <module>
        from .base import BaseDetector
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/pyod/models/base.py", line 27, in <module>
        from ..utils.utility import precision_n_scores
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/pyod/utils/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
        from .utility import check_parameter
      File "/private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/pyod/utils/utility.py", line 18, in <module>
        from sklearn.utils.testing import assert_equal
      File "/Users/michael/anaconda3/envs/PyVi/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sklearn/utils/testing.py", line 49, in <module>
        from nose.tools import raises
    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'nose'
    
    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/j4/_68f6f3j4d51_2smq2mh5hyh0000gn/T/pip-install-gjdzzane/pyod/

[Trolexum]

@LLh-lihan, @Lotus-Lian: What is the name of your python file? If it is ‘pyod.py’, rename it. In this case you are importing your own script.

[yzhao062]

The issue you saw is specific to the virtual env Qt problem on mac, which is caused by matplotlib, and it is a lingering issue. The problem can be reproduced by: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt It throws error if you install the matplotlib with pip command in a mac conda virtual env… There are several fixes though.

• Workaround 1: “conda install matplotlib” first
• Workaround 2: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29433824/unable-to-import-matplotlib-pyplot-as-plt-in-virtualenv

Using workaround 1, I managed to install pyod in mac virtual env and also succeeded in running examples. See the screenshot below:

To facilitate the installation, I also removed the use of matplotlib in the code (I do not remove it from dependency since example codes still need it) and publish a new version 0.5.2. You may want to give it a shot…

Let me know if the problem persists.