Problems installing ASReview

Installed ASreview as follows:

conda create -n veni_sysrev python=3.7.3
conda activate veni_sysrev
pip install git+https://github.com/asreview/asreview.git

Trying to run ASReview gave many errors about tensorflow. I ran this tensorflow selfcheck (https://gist.github.com/mrry/ee5dbcfdd045fa48a27d56664411d41c) and concluded that I needed to install CUDA, which I did. After that, I still get these errors:

>>> import tensorflow
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 58, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow_internal = swig_import_helper()
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow_internal', fp, pathname, description)
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\imp.py", line 242, in load_module
    return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\imp.py", line 342, in load_dynamic
    return _load(spec)
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 101, in <module>
    from tensorflow_core import *
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.tools import module_util as _module_util
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 50, in __getattr__
    module = self._load()
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 44, in _load
    module = _importlib.import_module(self.__name__)
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\__init__.py", line 49, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 74, in <module>
    raise ImportError(msg)
ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 58, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python.pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow_internal = swig_import_helper()
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\site-packages\tensorflow_core\python\pywrap_tensorflow_internal.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_tensorflow_internal', fp, pathname, description)
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\imp.py", line 242, in load_module
    return load_dynamic(name, filename, file)
  File "C:\Users\lissa102\AppData\Local\Continuum\miniconda3\envs\veni_sysrev\lib\imp.py", line 342, in load_dynamic
    return _load(spec)
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.


Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.

See https://www.tensorflow.org/install/errors

for some common reasons and solutions.  Include the entire stack trace
above this error message when asking for help.
>>>

[qubixes]

@J535D165 Yes, I’ll get it in for the next release.

@cjvanlissa Have you looked at: https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/22794? There seem to be a lot of people having the same problem. Perhaps the quickest fix you could try is to install an older version of tenosorflow:

pip install "tensorflow<2.1"

or

pip install "tensorflow<2.0"

or the cpu version of tensorflow:

pip install tensorflow-cpu

Might need to uninstall tensorflow in this case.

[J535D165]

Tensorflow is no longer a required dependency because Windows users might run into problems. The reported issue is a problem with tensorflow itself.