Error when importing TensorFlow in Python on Windows

Question

I am running Python 2.7.10 and I successfully installed TensorFlow, using pip install https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/mac/tensorflow-0.5.0-py2-none-any.whl.

When I run the python interpreter and attempt to import the tensorflow module, I get the following error:

>>> import tensorflow as tf
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\Or\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import *
  File "C:\Users\Or\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.client.client_lib import *
  File "C:\Users\Or\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\client_lib.py", line 35, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.client.session import InteractiveSession
  File "C:\Users\Or\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\client\session.py", line 11, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow as tf_session
  File "C:\Users\Or\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow = swig_import_helper()
  File "C:\Users\Or\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 20, in swig_import_helper
    import _pywrap_tensorflow
ImportError: No module named _pywrap_tensorflow

Solution 1

you can use pip to install tensorflow

pip install --upgrade https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/windows/cpu/tensorflow-0.12.0rc0-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl

If you are trying to install on windows , you will have to have python3.5 x64 bit and along with that you need to install Visual C++ 2015 redistributable (x64 version) to be able to import tensorflow

Solution 2

Judging by the paths in the output, it looks like you are trying to run TensorFlow on Windows. The package that you have installed is a Mac OS X binary distribution of TensorFlow.

Unfortunately, Windows is not currently supported by TensorFlow, and it is unlikely to be supported before its build system (Bazel) adds Windows support. There is some discussion of progress towards a Windows version on this GitHub issue, and an unsupported contribution that builds TensorFlow using CMake on Windows.

Comments

[Tahlil]

Thanks so much. I had tensorflow installed and the version was 0.12.1. But still had problem. Installing the one in this answer solved the problem.