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Getting error while using fuzzywuzzy: UserWarning: Using slow pure-python SequenceMatcher. Install python-Levenshtein to remove this warning

I am getting below error. Is there any way to fix it without installing python-Levenshtein and if not then how to install python-Levenshtein on linux.

UserWarning: Using slow pure-python SequenceMatcher. Install python-Levenshtein to remove this warning
  warnings.warn
                Just as information, fuzzywuzzy sequence matcher is purely python based (unlike numpy, elastic search etc which are based on "C"). This results in much slower process than any matcher which is based on C. That is why the warning shows up.
– EMT
                Nov 15, 2021 at 11:42
                Except that for some of us, the operation is MUCH MUCH MUCH slower after having installed that. It may be that I'm using it wrong.
– Mark Allen
                Feb 22, 2019 at 20:50
I was getting this same error in my Windows 10 setup. When I tried pip install python-Levenshtein I got 
  
Requirement already satisfied: python-Levenshtein in ...
I uninstalled using pip uninstall python-Levenshtein and reinstalled it. And the error is gone.
You may ignore the warning by using the -W flag. Note that it  will silent ALL warnings. I'd suggest just installing python-levenshtein module as Preetham suggested.
python -W ignore foo.py
        
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