{
  "id": 409253,
  "title": "What to do if there are missing packages in the environment when submitting?",
  "url": "/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2023/discussion/409253",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2023-05-10T06:03:23.714425900Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>I anticipate when I submitted that I might need to use some external libraries that may not included in the default Kaggle environment for my solution. I haven't encountered any issues yet, but I would like to be prepared in advance. I would appreciate any suggestions or guidance on how to handle this situation when the time comes. Could anyone please provide some guidance on the best practices to include and use external libraries in Kaggle submissions? Are there any recommended ways to install these missing packages, or alternative methods to submit my solution with the required dependencies, in case I need to do so in the future?</p>",
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      "id": "2253366",
      "postDate": "05/10/2023 06:03:23",
      "content": "<p>I anticipate when I submitted that I might need to use some external libraries that may not included in the default Kaggle environment for my solution. I haven't encountered any issues yet, but I would like to be prepared in advance. I would appreciate any suggestions or guidance on how to handle this situation when the time comes. Could anyone please provide some guidance on the best practices to include and use external libraries in Kaggle submissions? Are there any recommended ways to install these missing packages, or alternative methods to submit my solution with the required dependencies, in case I need to do so in the future?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I anticipate when I submitted that I might need to use some external libraries that may not included in the default Kaggle environment for my solution. I haven't encountered any issues yet, but I would like to be prepared in advance. I would appreciate any suggestions or guidance on how to handle this situation when the time comes. Could anyone please provide some guidance on the best practices to include and use external libraries in Kaggle submissions? Are there any recommended ways to install these missing packages, or alternative methods to submit my solution with the required dependencies, in case I need to do so in the future?",
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    {
      "id": "2253423",
      "postDate": "05/10/2023 07:02:59",
      "content": "<p>I'm not very experienced with Kaggle myself so people might have better solutions, but we had this issue for last year's competition. There are some examples <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2022/discussion/316925\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>: look for \"dependencies\".</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I'm not very experienced with Kaggle myself so people might have better solutions, but we had this issue for last year's competition. There are some examples [here](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2022/discussion/316925): look for \"dependencies\".",
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2253423,
      "author_name": "eduardtrulls",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/10/2023 07:02:59",
      "content": "<p>I'm not very experienced with Kaggle myself so people might have better solutions, but we had this issue for last year's competition. There are some examples <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2022/discussion/316925\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>: look for \"dependencies\".</p>",
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    }
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    "2253366": "I anticipate when I submitted that I might need to use some external libraries that may not included in the default Kaggle environment for my solution. I haven't encountered any issues yet, but I would like to be prepared in advance. I would appreciate any suggestions or guidance on how to handle this situation when the time comes. Could anyone please provide some guidance on the best practices to include and use external libraries in Kaggle submissions? Are there any recommended ways to install these missing packages, or alternative methods to submit my solution with the required dependencies, in case I need to do so in the future?",
    "2253423": "I'm not very experienced with Kaggle myself so people might have better solutions, but we had this issue for last year's competition. There are some examples [here](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/image-matching-challenge-2022/discussion/316925): look for \"dependencies\"."
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