Unable to install tensorflow using conda with python 3.8

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Recently, I upgraded to Anaconda3 2020.07 which uses python 3.8. In past versions of anaconda, tensorflow was installed successfully. Tensorflow failed to be installed successfully in this version.

I ran the command below;

conda install tensorflow-gpu

The error message that I received is shown below;

UnsatisfiableError: The following specifications were found
to be incompatible with the existing python installation in your environment:

Specifications:

  - tensorflow-gpu -> python[version='3.5.*|3.6.*|3.7.*|>=3.7,<3.8.0a0|>=3.6,<3.7.0a0|>=3.5,<3.6.0a0|>=2.7,<2.8.0a0']

Your python: python=3.8

If python is on the left-most side of the chain, that's the version you've asked for.
When python appears to the right, that indicates that the thing on the left is somehow
not available for the python version you are constrained to. Note that conda will not
change your python version to a different minor version unless you explicitly specify
that.

The following specifications were found to be incompatible with your CUDA driver:

  - feature:/win-64::__cuda==11.0=0

Your installed CUDA driver is: 11.0

Is there a conda command with the right parameters to get tensorflow installed successfully?

Hmh, that's odd. Do you get the same error when you do conda install "tensorflow-gpu=2.2" — cel
– cel, Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 8:35
Let me try conda install "tensorflow-gpu=2.2" first. Thanks. — guagay_wk
– guagay_wk, Commented Jul 27, 2020 at 8:39

Kh4zit · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-20 00:37:23Z

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UPDATE:

TF is now compatible with Python 3.8

Tensorflow is not compatible with Python 3.8. See https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip

You need to downgrade your python version :

conda install python=3.7

edited Dec 20, 2020 at 0:37

answered Jul 28, 2020 at 11:44

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guagay_wk Over a year ago

Can't do that for users of anaconda 2020.07 because python 3.8 is used by default. Downgrading will break anaconda.

Kh4zit Over a year ago

If you use a separate env (not base) you will not break anything. There is no workaround as far as I know. You need to downgrade your Python version.

guagay_wk Over a year ago

thanks. I think I'll wait until support for python 3.8 is ready.

Ashish Over a year ago

It's supported now for python 3.8 But still unable to make it work with tensorflow-gpu

Ahmed Ktob Over a year ago

If you don't want to downgrade your Python version, then you can use pip (inside your conda env) to install the lastest tensorflow compatible with Python 3.8. pip install tensorflow-gpu

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Peter T. · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-23 00:47:38Z

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Create an environment with python 3.7 and then activate it:

conda create -n p37env python=3.7
conda activate p37env

And install tensorflow. This worked for me, and found out the answer from the Anaconda user guide (under how to use a different python version: https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/getting-started.html#managing-python )

answered Oct 23, 2020 at 0:47

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Rony Setyawan · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-29 22:07:10Z

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i think we have two options here

pip install tensorflow

or we can use another env of anaconda such as like this below

conda create -n tf tensorflow pydotplus jupyter

conda activate tf

edited Sep 29, 2021 at 22:07

answered Sep 29, 2021 at 21:56

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William · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-06 14:43:32Z

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Actually you can directly use pip inside anaconda prompt, after I tested it, I found the conda is capable with pypi, first run the anaconda prompt with administrator permission (in windows), then enter "conda update --all" to make sure all the packages are latest, finally enter "pip install tensorflow" to install (the new version of tensorflow already includes tensorflow-gpu).

Then using VS code to open an ipynb and run

import tensorflow as tf
tf.test.gpu_device_name()

everything looks good.

For more info please refer to Anaconda official docs: https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/ .

edited Oct 6, 2020 at 14:43

answered Oct 6, 2020 at 14:36

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Matthew MacFarland Over a year ago

Here are the steps I used to get past this error. Start anaconda prompt as administrator. >conda create -n py37 python=3.7 anaconda , >conda activate py37, >conda install tensorflow

Ale · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-15 11:33:19Z

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From the requirement page:

Python 3.8 support requires TensorFlow 2.2 or later.

So there is a verison of Tensorflow compatible with python 3.8.

The problem is that TensorFlow 2.2.0 is not available through conda on Windows, this should be the reason why you get PackagesNotFoundError when running

conda install tensorflow=2.2

EDIT 15/03/21

Tensorflow 2.3.0 is compatible with Windows

edited Mar 15, 2021 at 11:33

answered Oct 9, 2020 at 21:43

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harshith__ Over a year ago

Getting PackagesNotFoundError error on Mac too

guagay_wk · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-17 00:44:56Z

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Latest development for tensorflow installation on anaconda.

https://anaconda.org/anaconda/tensorflow https://anaconda.org/anaconda/tensorflow-gpu

9 days ago, Anaconda uploaded a new tensorflow v2.3 package. Anaconda3 2020.07 (uses python v3.8) users can easily upgrade to tensorflow v2.3 with the following commands;

conda install -c anaconda tensorflow
conda install -c anaconda tensorflow-gpu

I have personally tested that the installation worked successfully.

The other answers for this question have now become obsolete.

edited Dec 17, 2020 at 0:44

answered Dec 17, 2020 at 0:29

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GZ0 Over a year ago

Current tensorflow-gpu 2.3 installation in Anaconda on Windows is faulty. See this post for workarounds.

Mohit Pandey · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-17 12:53:49Z

Expanding upon William's answer here with more explicit instructions and caveats. Pip is the recommended way to install latest version of tensorflow as per tensorflow's installation instructions -- "While the TensorFlow provided pip package is recommended, a community-supported Anaconda package is available."

Here is the code that uses pip to do the installation in a Conda environment:

conda create -n env_name python=3.8
conda activate env_name
conda install pandas scikit-learn matplotlib notebook ##installing usual Data Science packages that does include numpy and scipy 
pip install tensorflow
python -c "import tensorflow as tf;print(tf.__version__)" ##checks tf version

In general, we should be careful while mixing two package managers (conda and pip). So, it is suggested that:

Only after conda has been used to install as many packages as possible should pip be used to install any remaining software. If modifications are needed to the environment, it is best to create a new environment rather than running conda after pip.

For an example, if we would like to install seaborn in the just created env_name environment, we should:

conda create --name cloned_env --clone env_name
conda activate cloned_env
conda install seaborn

Once we check the cloned_env environment is working fine, we can delete the env_name environment.

Jay · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-11 15:30:27Z

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I was running into the same issue in conda prompt for Python 3.8.5 and fixed it using a Python wheel instead. Here are the steps:

Open conda prompt and install pip if you don't have it already: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/windows/gpu/tensorflow_gpu-2.4.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl

Note: If you need a CPU specific tensorflow, use this wheel: https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/windows/cpu/tensorflow_cpu-2.4.0-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl

answered Jan 11, 2021 at 15:30

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sam solomon · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-07 01:29:23Z

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I had a similar problem in Anaconda Spyder. Here was my solution (In the Anaconda Console):

conda install pip
pip install tensorflow ==2.2.0

answered Feb 7, 2021 at 1:29

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Adarsha regmi · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-16 17:02:28Z

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I just downgraded python to 3.7 as tf is not avialable to 3.8 version also I cannot use virtualenv for code that's why

answered Feb 16, 2021 at 17:02

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MEH · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-11 07:09:28Z

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The only working answer for me is:

conda install -c conda-forge tensorflow

answered Oct 11, 2021 at 7:09

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Denis · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-29 15:38:56Z

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It appears that tensorflow 2.5 on GPU has issues with spyder. So, I made new environment and installed tensorflow gpu as suggested by anaconda. Now I have to use either prompt or jupyter . At least it works

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Tom Cerul Over a year ago

This should probably be a comment on that answer

Ehsan · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-18 19:13:15Z

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For macos users I suggest create an environment with python 3.7 and install tensorflow there.

You can run these commands too:

conda create -n new_env_name python=3.7
conda activate new_env_name

answered Dec 18, 2020 at 19:13

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