Native Windows support?

[wu-hongjun]

Hi all,
For the past several weeks I've been learning about turicreate and it is a great library! However, because I am a windows user, I had to run the jupyter notebook on a linux server. I wonder if there will be one day in the future when turicreate gets native windows 10 support? Because GraphLab could in the past and I really hope turicreate can take this step and have support on windows. Many thanks! Nice job guys!

[znation]

@Errrneist I see you also opened #506. Since this issue is asking for native Windows support, I assume WSL support is insufficient for your needs. Are you unable to use WSL, or are there specific improvements you're looking for that a Windows-native installation would provide?

[wu-hongjun]

yes, the story is like this: I used WSL to install ubuntu and run pip install -U turicreate and so it lives in my ubuntu on windows. However, because I was taking ML classes using turicreate at the UW a lot of times I want to be able to run turicreate offline so I can do my homework at somewhere with no wifi.(I am a student with a tight budget so I did not bother to get wifi at my apartment) But with turicreate installed via WSL when I imported the notebook into pycharm I cannot find an environment that has package turicreate because it lives inside the ubuntu WSL. But I also cannot afford a Mac because I have a laptop already...So that is my issue...

[onacrame]

I would also add that most IT are not going to be familiar with WSL and for example, in my case, I'd have no chance of using Turi Create due to very draconian and prescriptive IT policies. A native windows package would be helpful in that regard.

[wu-hongjun]

I think these folks supported WSL because there is little to none work to support WSL since it is in a Linux system anyways. Currently it seems like turicreate only supports Unix based systems. So I guess they might need a bit time to add the support for the windows platforms. But that is definitely something we all hope for.

[chrinide]

+1 for Win10 & Win7 support

[sergei3000]

+1 for native Windows support

[enzyme69]

I have been using Turi Create without issue on Mac, although wanting to have "Style Transfer" on GPU (not yet)... so I turn on my old PC with Windows 7 installed and.... realized Turi Create does not work on Windows 7 ...

+1 for Windows 7 support?

[chengjun]

I am teaching a class using turicreate. And it really broke the heart of many students who are using windows. It is necessary to support the windows users.

[trantntran]

yes, the story is like this: I used WSL to install ubuntu and run pip install -U turicreate and so it lives in my ubuntu on windows. However, because I was taking ML classes using turicreate at the UW a lot of times I want to be able to run turicreate offline so I can do my homework at somewhere with no wifi.(I am a student with a tight budget so I did not bother to get wifi at my apartment) But with turicreate installed via WSL when I imported the notebook into pycharm I cannot find an environment that has package turicreate because it lives inside the ubuntu WSL. But I also cannot afford a Mac because I have a laptop already...So that is my issue...

I think these folks supported WSL because there is little to none work to support WSL since it is in a Linux system anyways. Currently it seems like turicreate only supports Unix based systems. So I guess they might need a bit time to add the support for the windows platforms. But that is definitely something we all hope for.

Hi Errrneist,
Could you please show me how to install Turicreate in WSL ( ubuntu)? I successfully installed WSL (ubuntu) and Anaconda.
Much appreciated for your help.

[wu-hongjun]

yes, the story is like this: I used WSL to install ubuntu and run pip install -U turicreate and so it lives in my ubuntu on windows. However, because I was taking ML classes using turicreate at the UW a lot of times I want to be able to run turicreate offline so I can do my homework at somewhere with no wifi.(I am a student with a tight budget so I did not bother to get wifi at my apartment) But with turicreate installed via WSL when I imported the notebook into pycharm I cannot find an environment that has package turicreate because it lives inside the ubuntu WSL. But I also cannot afford a Mac because I have a laptop already...So that is my issue...

I think these folks supported WSL because there is little to none work to support WSL since it is in a Linux system anyways. Currently it seems like turicreate only supports Unix based systems. So I guess they might need a bit time to add the support for the windows platforms. But that is definitely something we all hope for.

Hi Errrneist,
Could you please show me how to install Turicreate in WSL ( ubuntu)? I successfully installed WSL (ubuntu) and Anaconda.
Much appreciated for your help.

I have long switched to Tensorflow and Keras, as well as Pytorch due to Turicreate's lack of Windows support. However, I believe if you just use the default

pip install -U turicreate

will install turicreate as long as you got pip properly configured for your WSL.