Set Up Python Environment for BERTopic — setup_python

This function sets up a Python environment with all required packages for using the BERTopic model within the R package. It can create and activate a virtualenv or conda environment and then install the bundled requirements.

Usage

setup_python_environment(
  envname = "r-bertopic",
  python_path = NULL,
  method = c("virtualenv", "conda"),
  python_version = NULL,
  upgrade = TRUE,
  extra_packages = NULL
)

Arguments

envname: The name of the Python environment. Default is "r-bertopic".
python_path: Optional path to a specific Python executable (virtualenv only).
method: Environment type to create and use. One of "virtualenv" or "conda".
python_version: Optional Python version for conda (e.g. "3.10").
upgrade: Logical. If TRUE, passes –upgrade to pip installs. Default is TRUE.
extra_packages: Optional character vector of additional Python packages to install.

Value

Invisibly returns the active Python configuration.