``nltk:path``: Specifies the file stored in the NLTK data
package at *path*. NLTK will search for these files in the
directories specified by ``nltk.data.path``.
Then within the code:
######################################################################
# Search Path
######################################################################
path = []
"""A list of directories where the NLTK data package might reside.
These directories will be checked in order when looking for a
resource in the data package. Note that this allows users to
substitute in their own versions of resources, if they have them
(e.g., in their home directory under ~/nltk_data)."""
# User-specified locations:
path += [d for d in os.environ.get('NLTK_DATA', str('')).split(os.pathsep) if d]
if os.path.expanduser('~/') != '~/':
path.append(os.path.expanduser(str('~/nltk_data')))
if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
# Common locations on Windows:
path += [
str(r'C:\nltk_data'), str(r'D:\nltk_data'), str(r'E:\nltk_data'),
os.path.join(sys.prefix, str('nltk_data')),
os.path.join(sys.prefix, str('lib'), str('nltk_data')),
os.path.join(os.environ.get(str('APPDATA'), str('C:\\')), str('nltk_data'))
]
else:
# Common locations on UNIX & OS X:
path += [
str('/usr/share/nltk_data'),
str('/usr/local/share/nltk_data'),
str('/usr/lib/nltk_data'),
str('/usr/local/lib/nltk_data')
]
To modify the path, simply append to the list of possible paths:
I was having trouble because I wanted a uwsgi app (running as a different user than myself) to have access to nltk data that I had previously downloaded. What worked for me was adding the following line to myapp_uwsgi.ini:
env = NLTK_DATA=/home/myuser/nltk_data/
This sets the environment variable NLTK_DATA, as suggested by @schemacs.
You may need to restart your uwsgi process after making this change.