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Fix for macOS pip3 install fails

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with the macOS installation section covering lightgbm and stringsifter, then reproduce the reported pip3 failure using the listed dependency steps. Done means the macOS installation path is corrected or clearly documented so users can install stringsifter successfully.

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Description

macOS install can trip up on lightgbm install section. Folks failing to install should try the following in this order:

pip3 install Cmake
#requires brew     
brew install libomp
pip3 install lightgbm
#then install stringsfter
pip3 install stringsifter 
Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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