Unable to import transformers: ImportError: numpy>=1.17 is required for a normal functioning of this module, but found numpy==1.16.3

I’d installed transformers via pip install transformers

And made sure my python packages is up-to-date, however when I import transformers it shows the error message:

ImportError: numpy>=1.17 is required for a normal functioning of this module, but found numpy==1.16.3.
Try: pip install transformers -U or pip install -e '.[dev]' if you're working with git master

I’d made sure my numpy is version 1.20.1, and I’d tried as suggested in the message: pip install transformers -U

But it doesn’t work. Please help me how could I import the package, thank you!

[laurence-lin]

Probably your environments have different versions as @LysandreJik mentioned. Can you run the following command where you get the error message (your working environment), and assure you have the correct numpy version.

pip freeze | findstr "numpy"

You may try the following, but without locating your correct environment these probably do not help much.

pip install -I transformers --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall

Your second instruction works! It seems force-install may install all dependencies for transformer, but I still don’t know why it couldn’t run with the default numpy = 1.20.0

Thank you for your help!

[devrimcavusoglu]

Probably your environments have different versions as @LysandreJik mentioned. Can you run the following command where you get the error message (your working environment), and assure you have the correct numpy version.

pip freeze | findstr "numpy"

You may try the following, but without locating your correct environment these probably do not help much.

pip install -I transformers --no-cache-dir --force-reinstall