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authorAnthony LaTorre <devnull@localhost>2017-11-10 13:14:15 -0600
committertlatorre <tlatorre@uchicago.edu>2021-05-09 08:42:39 -0700
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add a note about deleting pip's cache folder if you are reinstalling chroma
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Step 2: Install Chroma Dependencies
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. note:: Some of the packages which Chroma installs monkey patch the setup.py
+ script and so will not work if pip uses a cached version of the package. If
+ you are reinstalling chroma, make sure to delete the pip cache folder in
+ ~/.cache/pip.
+
Chroma depends on several C and C++ libraries that are not typically included
in the package managers of many platforms. Using `shrinkwrap
<http://shrinkwrap.rtfd.org>`_, we have automated the installation of these