Install TA-LIB on Ubuntu Server

Install TA-LIB on Ubuntu Server

What is TA-LIB?

TA-Lib is widely used by trading software developers requiring to perform technical analysis of financial market data.

Installation

1. Download: wget the ta-lib source, tar -xzf, cd ta-lib/

2. Install TA-LIB: sudo ./configure, sudo make, sudo make install (if configure fails, install gcc via apt-get install build-essential)

3. Install TA-LIB Python Wrapper: pip install ta-lib

4. Test: import talib. If you get ImportError: libta_lib.so.0: cannot open shared object file, add /usr/local/lib to your library path: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH, or for a permanent solution add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig.

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