Using Nisaba via Pynini: cannot find rules_python

[ryskina]

Hello,

I followed the installation instructions in the README to install and build Nisaba on my personal MacOS machine. Bazel is working and the small unit tests are passing.

However, when I try to use Nisaba FSTs in Pynini following the examples here, imports from rules_python fail. I am getting the same error with both the Anaconda Python 3.7 and the system Python 2.7.

Is there some further disconnect between my Python and Bazel, or am I maybe missing a step here? Thanks!

[agutkin]

I presume you are not using Bazel to build your code?

[agutkin]

In case the answer to the above question is yes then I presume you can try to simply copy run_files.py into your code and use as is. It is a helper library that has no Bazel internal dependencies.

[agutkin]

... and the easiest option - simply ignore the run_files Bazel API (if you are not using Bazel). After all, all you need is a FAR file which can be simply copied from the bazel-bin directory where it is generated. The reason the run_files API is there is to facilitate running as part of the Bazel ecosystem, which I suppose is unnecessary if you are not using it.

[ryskina]

Thank you for the reply! You're right, I was not building my code with Bazel.

Removing run_files and manually appending the path to bazel-bin to the FAR filename worked, thank you!