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pip install with Python 2.7 on Mac OS fails

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The install succeeds with pip install jax jaxlib but when you try to import the library XLA does not seem to be found

>>> import jax
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/anaconda3/envs/jaxtest/lib/python2.7/site-packages/jax/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from jax.api import *
  File "/anaconda3/envs/jaxtest/lib/python2.7/site-packages/jax/api.py", line 42, in <module>
    from .lib.xla_bridge import canonicalize_dtype
  File "/anaconda3/envs/jaxtest/lib/python2.7/site-packages/jax/lib/xla_bridge.py", line 34, in <module>
    from jaxlib import xla_client
  File "/anaconda3/envs/jaxtest/lib/python2.7/site-packages/jaxlib/xla_client.py", line 33, in <module>
    from . import pywrap_xla as c_api
  File "/anaconda3/envs/jaxtest/lib/python2.7/site-packages/jaxlib/pywrap_xla.py", line 28, in <module>
    _pywrap_xla = swig_import_helper()
  File "/anaconda3/envs/jaxtest/lib/python2.7/site-packages/jaxlib/pywrap_xla.py", line 24, in swig_import_helper
    _mod = imp.load_module('_pywrap_xla', fp, pathname, description)
ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (init_pywrap_xla)

Python Version

Python 2.7.15 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Dec 14 2018, 13:10:39) 
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Clang 4.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_401/final)] on darwin

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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hawkinspcommented, Feb 8, 2019

I’ve pushed new jaxlib wheels. A pip install --upgrade jaxlib should fix the problem.

Hope that helps!

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kmadercommented, Feb 8, 2019

Thanks great!

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 17:51 Peter Hawkins notifications@github.com wrote:

I’ve pushed new jaxlib wheels. A pip install --upgrade jaxlib should fix the problem.

Hope that helps!

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