getting errors while installing tensorflow in windows10 using pip (CPU version)

Question

I have python 3.6 installed on my laptop. I tried to install tensorflow by using pip in anaconda.

but when I run pip3 install --upgrade tensorflow.

It is giving me errors as shown below:

Collecting tensorflow
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e7/88/417f18ca7eed5ba9bebd51650d04a4af929f96c10a10fbb3302196f8d098/tensorflow-1.9.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
Collecting protobuf>=3.4.0 (from tensorflow)
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/75/7a/0dba607e50b97f6a89fa3f96e23bf56922fa59d748238b30507bfe361bbc/protobuf-3.6.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl (1.1MB)
    100% |████████████████████████████████| 1.1MB 75kB/s
Collecting numpy>=1.13.3 (from tensorflow)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0d/b7/0c804e0bcba6505f8392d042d5e333a5e06f308e019517111fbc7767a0bc/numpy-1.14.5-cp36-none-win_amd64.whl
Collecting absl-py>=0.1.6 (from tensorflow)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/57/8d/6664518f9b6ced0aa41cf50b989740909261d4c212557400c48e5cda0804/absl-py-0.2.2.tar.gz

Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\Siva\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-glu7to_x\absl-py\

I tried to find the path that is causing the error but I couldn't able to get it.

could someone help me resolve this issue?

Why weren't you able to get to that path? If it's hidden, you can view hidden folders in windows — F.S.
– F.S., Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:30
yeah...i did but i don't see anything that is starting with pip-install-glu7to_x\absl-py\ in Temp folder — siva_sai_kumar_reddy
– siva_sai_kumar_reddy, Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:37
I'm not an expert on tensorflow. I actually just spent a couple hours installing it onto one of my machines yesterday (win 7, anaconda, python 3.5). I used pip instead of pip3 (as suggested on Tensorflow website) — F.S.
– F.S., Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:44

Nipun Thennakoon · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-20 15:09:41Z

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Your setup tools does not appear to be installed. First download the setuptools.whl form here and install it using pip.

pip3 install "path to the whl file"

After that try again. If it didn't work,try upgrading the setup tools by,

pip3 install --upgrade setuptools

and then try again.

If it still does not work just go to this link and download the tensorflow wheel for your python version, in this case:

tensorflow‑1.9.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl

And install it using

pip install "path to the downloaded whl file"

edited Jul 20, 2018 at 15:09

answered Jul 19, 2018 at 16:34

Nipun Thennakoon

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siva_sai_kumar_reddy Over a year ago

i got this error while trying to upgrade the setup tools using pip File "e:\anaconda\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pkg_resources_init_.py", line 1590, in load mtime = os.stat(path).st_mtime FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'e:\\anaconda\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-27.2.0-py3.6.egg'

Nipun Thennakoon Over a year ago

As a workaround, try Installing with anaconda section here, tensorflow.org/install/install_windows

Nipun Thennakoon Over a year ago

@siva_sai_kumar_reddy I have edited the answer, please refer it.

siva_sai_kumar_reddy Over a year ago

I tried all the things what you have said but it's giving different errors all the time.I would like to remove python completely from the system and make a fresh installation of anaconda and then try installing tensorflow again

Nipun Thennakoon Over a year ago

when you tried last method in the answer, what was the error msg?

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