nltkinstall.sh

# Update your login script with some defaults

touch ~/.profile
chmod +x ~/.profile
echo "module load python/2.7.2" >> ~/.profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/bin"  >> ~/.profile
~/.profile

# Install setup-tools locally 

wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg#md5=fe1f997bc722265116870bc7919059ea
chmod +x setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg 
./setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg  --prefix ~/.local

# Install pip  (another setup tool!!)

easy_install --prefix=~/.local pip 

# Install numpy

export LAPACK=
pip install -U --user numpy


# Install nltk

pip install -U --user pyyaml nltk


# Test

python -c "import nltk; print 'NLTK installed';"