Cannot import numba on AWS Lambda:'cannot import name '_typeconv' from 'numba.typeconv' (/mnt/access/numba/typeconv/__init__.py)'

I have an AWS Lambda function with Python 3.7 runtime and AWSLambda-Python37-SciPy1x lambda layer added. I have my python dependencies (such as numba) installed on a EFS directory that I add to the path that the Lambda function can access.

I can inport numpy, but trying to import numba gives the following error:

Runtime.ImportModuleError: Unable to import module 'lambda_function': Numba could not be imported.
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The original error was: 'cannot import name '_typeconv' from 'numba.typeconv' (/mnt/access/numba/typeconv/__init__.py)'
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If possible please include the following in your error report:
sys.executable: /var/lang/bin/python3.7
Traceback (most recent call last):

I tried with the numba versions 0.45.0, 0.47.0, 0.48.0, 0.49.0, 0.49.1, 0.55.1 and the error is the same in all versions.

I saw this response, but when I delete de numba files from the EFS directory, i get a No module named 'numba' error, which indicates that there is no other numba version installed.

Below is the full code of the AWS Lambda function:

import sys

sys.path.append("/mnt/access")

import os, json, sys

import numba 


def lambda_handler(event, context):

    return {
        'statusCode': 200,
        'body': json.dumps('All OK')
    }

[AlbertDeFusco]

Just in case someone finds this I’ve posted a response on re:Post that you could use anaconda-project and s2i-anaconda-project to build docker images for AWS Lambda, which have entrypoint scripts for use as lambda functions

https://github.com/Anaconda-Platform/s2i-anaconda-project#entrypoints

[gmarkall]

Many thanks!