{
  "id": 516812,
  "title": "Installing packages with internet disabled.",
  "url": "/competitions/leash-BELKA/discussion/516812",
  "author_name": "RobsonDSP",
  "post_date": "2024-07-03T17:03:16.456000",
  "votes": 0,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hello!</p>\n<p>I believe I read somewhere in this competition that one of its rules is to keep the internet disabled. I might be confusing it with another competition because I looked for this rule today and couldn't find it. However, I would like to use libraries that require the internet to install in my notebook. To solve this, I downloaded these libraries with \"pip download\" and uploaded them as private datasets to my Kaggle account. To install these packages with the internet disabled, I use </p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>%pip install '/kaggle/input/libraries/biopython…whl'</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Everything works perfectly. My question is whether I am breaking the competition rules by doing this. If I can do this, should I change the visibility of these packages to public?</p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 2903300,
      "postDate": "2024-07-03T18:11:57.073Z",
      "content": "<p>Is not. You can even submit the results csv. No internet restrictions.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Is not. You can even submit the results csv. No internet restrictions."
    },
    {
      "id": 2903244,
      "postDate": "2024-07-03T17:03:16.457Z",
      "content": "<p>Hello!</p>\n<p>I believe I read somewhere in this competition that one of its rules is to keep the internet disabled. I might be confusing it with another competition because I looked for this rule today and couldn't find it. However, I would like to use libraries that require the internet to install in my notebook. To solve this, I downloaded these libraries with \"pip download\" and uploaded them as private datasets to my Kaggle account. To install these packages with the internet disabled, I use </p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>%pip install '/kaggle/input/libraries/biopython…whl'</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Everything works perfectly. My question is whether I am breaking the competition rules by doing this. If I can do this, should I change the visibility of these packages to public?</p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hello!\n\nI believe I read somewhere in this competition that one of its rules is to keep the internet disabled. I might be confusing it with another competition because I looked for this rule today and couldn't find it. However, I would like to use libraries that require the internet to install in my notebook. To solve this, I downloaded these libraries with \"pip download\" and uploaded them as private datasets to my Kaggle account. To install these packages with the internet disabled, I use \n> %pip install '/kaggle/input/libraries/biopython...whl'\n\nEverything works perfectly. My question is whether I am breaking the competition rules by doing this. If I can do this, should I change the visibility of these packages to public?\n\nThanks!"
    },
    {
      "id": 2904975,
      "postDate": "2024-07-04T16:17:36.597Z",
      "content": "<p>You use \"pip download\" to pre-download the libraries you need, upload them to Kaggle as a private dataset, and then use these pre-downloaded libraries in your notebook, which is a very smart and compliant solution. In cases where there are no explicit rules against it, this method is usually allowed because it meets the requirements of not using the Internet. To ensure full compliance, I recommend that you seek official confirmation on the contest discussion boards or through Kaggle's support channels. This way you can be sure that this practice is in full compliance with the competition rules and get official guidance if necessary.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You use \"pip download\" to pre-download the libraries you need, upload them to Kaggle as a private dataset, and then use these pre-downloaded libraries in your notebook, which is a very smart and compliant solution. In cases where there are no explicit rules against it, this method is usually allowed because it meets the requirements of not using the Internet. To ensure full compliance, I recommend that you seek official confirmation on the contest discussion boards or through Kaggle's support channels. This way you can be sure that this practice is in full compliance with the competition rules and get official guidance if necessary.",
      "isDeleted": true
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2903300,
      "author_name": "Ángel Jacinto Sánchez Ruiz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-07-03T18:11:57.073000",
      "content": "<p>Is not. You can even submit the results csv. No internet restrictions.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 2904975,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2024-07-04T16:17:36.597000",
      "content": "<p>You use \"pip download\" to pre-download the libraries you need, upload them to Kaggle as a private dataset, and then use these pre-downloaded libraries in your notebook, which is a very smart and compliant solution. In cases where there are no explicit rules against it, this method is usually allowed because it meets the requirements of not using the Internet. To ensure full compliance, I recommend that you seek official confirmation on the contest discussion boards or through Kaggle's support channels. This way you can be sure that this practice is in full compliance with the competition rules and get official guidance if necessary.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "2903300": "Is not. You can even submit the results csv. No internet restrictions.",
    "2903244": "Hello!\n\nI believe I read somewhere in this competition that one of its rules is to keep the internet disabled. I might be confusing it with another competition because I looked for this rule today and couldn't find it. However, I would like to use libraries that require the internet to install in my notebook. To solve this, I downloaded these libraries with \"pip download\" and uploaded them as private datasets to my Kaggle account. To install these packages with the internet disabled, I use \n> %pip install '/kaggle/input/libraries/biopython...whl'\n\nEverything works perfectly. My question is whether I am breaking the competition rules by doing this. If I can do this, should I change the visibility of these packages to public?\n\nThanks!",
    "2904975": "You use \"pip download\" to pre-download the libraries you need, upload them to Kaggle as a private dataset, and then use these pre-downloaded libraries in your notebook, which is a very smart and compliant solution. In cases where there are no explicit rules against it, this method is usually allowed because it meets the requirements of not using the Internet. To ensure full compliance, I recommend that you seek official confirmation on the contest discussion boards or through Kaggle's support channels. This way you can be sure that this practice is in full compliance with the competition rules and get official guidance if necessary."
  }
}