# NLTK Failed at Download "punkt"

> Author: Junner
> Date: 12/2/2024

When your using python, needs to import nltk packages, and the line `nltk.download('punkt')` always failed when downloading it:

>E LookupError:
E **********************************************************************
E Resource punkt not found.
E Please use the NLTK Downloader to obtain the resource:
E
E >>> import nltk
E >>> nltk.download('punkt')

The way to avoid it is by running the command below directly in prompt:

echo -e "import nltk\nnltk.download('punkt')" | python3

So do other packages.

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>> Method provided from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62230139/github-actions-fails-when-nltk-punkt-is-needed