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<https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues>`_ or to the
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.. note:: **Testing under Windows**
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.. note:: **Alternative testing method**
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Testing under Windows should be performed with the follow command::
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If for some reason the recommended method is failing for you, please try
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the alternate method::
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python -c "import sklearn; sklearn.test()"
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This method might display doctest failures because of nosetests issues.
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scikit-learn can also be tested without having the package
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installed. For this you must compile the sources inplace from the
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source directory::
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python setup.py build_ext --inplace
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Test can now be run using nosetest::
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Test can now be run using nosetests::
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nosetests sklearn/
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If you are running the development version, this is automated in the
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commands `make in` and `make test`.
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This is automated in the commands::
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.. warning::
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make in
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Because nosetest does not play well with multiprocessing on
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windows, this last approach is not recommended on such system.
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and::
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make test

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