'pip install kaggle' works fine - but 'kg command not found'

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I installed kaggle-cli just fine.. everything went smoothly or so pip says.

But when I try to run the kg command or just kg --version, I get

kg command not found

I can see Kaggle in Python system packages and all the py and pyc files are there. But like no bin directory or anything.

I tried to find a similar issue online with no success - so I thought I would try here.

I am on an Ubuntu app for Windows 10. Everything else in terms of Python, Keras, Theano, etc. for my machine learning rig works just fine.

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Shortly after you asked this question, Kaggle released an official API which I recommend you use in place of kaggle-cli. pip install kaggle will install the official API which supports these commands:

kaggle competitions {list, files, download, submit, submissions}

kaggle datasets {list, files, download, create, version, init}

kaggle config {view, set, unset}

Check out the documentation here. After installing, you will also need to generate an API token from your Kaggle user profile "Account" tab.

score 15 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 01 '20 at 09:40

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The same problem for me. Kaggle is correctly installed with pip install kaggle --user, but "kaggle command was not found".

I located the Kaggle executable in ~/.local/bin/kaggle and solved it creating a symbolic link to /usr/bin:

ln -s ~/.local/bin/kaggle /usr/bin/kaggle

edited Feb 01 '20 at 09:40

Peter Mortensen

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answered Jun 23 '18 at 20:21

gilgorio

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Does not work for me, for some autorisation reason: even with `sudo` I have this message : `ln: /usr/bin/kaggle: Operation not permitted` – Fed Zee Feb 14 '19 at 10:18
It partially worked for me. Not I get an error: Could not find kaggle.json. – yellowjacket05 May 11 '21 at 03:24

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 11 '20 at 19:10

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I was having the same issue on the GCP. What I did was to reinstall it again as with the

pip install kaggle --user

Then added the directory (shown in the warning after the installation) to the PATH Then I just reopened the remote access window.

answered May 11 '20 at 19:10

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 27 '21 at 10:47

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Installing the API using pip install kaggle might still not resolve the issue. You would have to add kaggle to PATH. Opening ~/.bashrc and adding alias kaggle="~/.local/bin/kaggle" to the end of the file worked for me.

answered Nov 27 '21 at 10:47

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'pip install kaggle' works fine - but 'kg command not found'

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