How to update a python library without restarting ipynb kernel? - python

Unfortunately, there is no better way to do this, so please don't ask why I can't do it the normal way, it is too long to explain :). The issue is that one of the packages demands numpy<=1.21, but the one installed is 1.23.4 . In the notebook I run !pip install numpy==1.21 which solves the issue, BUT pip tells you that to see the changes you have to restart the notebook (which I cannot do). I think that is because the notebook runs in a virtual environment and numpy is installed outside of it. I have tried many things like %%reboot or importlib.reload(np), but the output of
import numpy as np
print(np.__version__)
Is strictly 1.23.4 . Maybe there is a way to overcome this?

I often use the line magics
%reload_ext autoreload
%autoreload 2
At the start of the notebook to allow for incremental development of a library. Maybe that will work on this case?

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cannot import name 'get_torch_default_device' from 'thinc.api' when loading en model with spacy [duplicate]

I got a problem I can't seem to figure out. The first time I imported Spacy into a Jupyter notebook I had no problems. It just imported it as I expected.
The second time I tried to import it (using a different notebook) I got:
ImportError: cannot import name 'prefer_gpu' from 'thinc.api' (C:\python-environments\nlp\lib\site-packages\thinc\api.py)
So I tried to restart the kernel and tried it again (thinking that might be the issue). That did not solve it. Also trying to run the same cell that imported Spacy in the first notebook also throws the error now after it went well the first time.
It sounds like you have an old version of Thinc somewhere; try uninstalling and reinstalling Thinc.
Another thing to check is if you're running in the right Python environment. Sometimes Jupyter notebooks pull in a different environment than the one you're expecting in non-obvious ways. There was a thread in spaCy discussions about this recently. You can run this command to check which Python executable is being used in the notebook and make sure it's the one you think it is:
import sys
print(sys.executable)
I had a similar issue, followed the git hub link, created a new environment, and installed all required packages, and it resolved my issue. I'm using Visual code, so I had to install other dependencies since VC uses this as a conda environment as a base for my code implementation

How to fix the error that I receive when installing numpy in Python?

I have installed Python 3.10.6 and Pycharm community edition.
Everything was working until I tried to use numpy.
pip3 install numpy
import numpy as np
This is the error message:
pip3 install numpy
^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I also have tried to use pip install numpy and pip2 install numpy and pip3 install numpy scipy, but same error. Reinstalling both python and pycharm didn't help.
Ah, I understand your problem more specifically now. I also use PyCharm, and this same problem happened to me. It was very frustrating, and took me lots of reading to fix it.
PyCharm and other IDEs (integrated development environment) have something called 'run configurations' attached to each file you are working on. These run configurations basically specify which directory on the hard drive the file will use to read and execute your commands. The directory will contain the libraries you need to run your code.
They use these configurations to make it easy to quickly choose which directory (and which libraries) you want a certain file to use. You must specify these configurations in PyCharm for your specific file to run using Numpy. The great thing about PyCharm is that you can actually specify libraries you want to use within the IDE itself (and bypass having to specify a computer-native directory).
Here's How
Go to PyCharm Preferences
Expand the arrow that says 'Project: (your project name)'
Click on 'Python Interpreter'
Click the small '+' symbol
Type in 'numpy' to search for the library (package)
Click install package
Now try to run your file and it should be good to go!
Note that you must do this for each package you wish to use when accessing your file, and as you advance your programming knowledge it will be necessary to learn how to specify the directory you want PyCharm to run the Python Interpreter from. Since you are only using one library though, I think this solution should be fine for the time being.
You should install numpy with that command in your bash/zsh shell.
pip3 install numpy
the python script can then import it.
to test, run pip3 install numpy
then,
python to open a python shell.
and then you'll see
>>>
Type import numpy as np and be sure it imports. It should now.
It can be maddeningly confusing when first starting out with python and trying to figure out how to download libraries. Here are a few critical things I wish I understood before starting my Python journey, as well as the answer to your question.
Python is the language, and the files that support its functionality are located on the hard drive.
Libraries (like Numpy) can be thought of almost as interpreters (note that we are not using the computer definition of 'interpreter') and are stored alongside the Python files on the hard drive. They give Python more flexibility in terms of what it is able to do by increasing what commands Python is able to understand.
Once a library is downloaded, it must be imported to your Python script before you start writing library-specific commands. Importing a library tells Python: "Hey, I'm going to be writing some commands that you haven't seen before, but here is the library with the commands and what they want you to do in a way that you understand."
'pip' is Python's installer for these libraries.
Ex) I have a csv file that I want to read. I learn that Pandas has a csv reader function:
pandas.read_csv()
If I were to type this function in a script, Python would have no idea what I meant. But if I were to download Pandas, then import it into my script, Python would understand exactly what I'm saying.
How to Download Numpy
Assuming you are on Windows, open the terminal (command prompt) and run the command:
py -m pip install numpy
If you don't already have it, the terminal should have a few lines run and should end with something like 'numpy installed successfully'.
You can check to see if you have it by running the following command in your terminal:
py -m pip list
This command provides you with a list of all the downloaded libraries. You can check among them to make sure Numpy is downloaded.
Importing Libraries
Once you've downloaded the libraries you need, you need to import them into your script (the Python file where you are writing your code) in order for it to run properly. This is accomplished using the import command. One important thing to note is that you can import libraries and assign them a nickname using the as modifier.
Ex) Back to that csv file I want to read. I don't want to type 'pandas' in front of all the Pandas commands, so when I import it into the script I abbreviate it as 'pd':
import pandas as pd
pd.read_csv()
See the difference?
TL;DR for Your Scenario
Go to the terminal, and use the py -m pip list command to check if you have Numpy downloaded. If not, run the py -m pip install numpy command. Then go to your script with your actual python code, and import numpy with the import numpy command. Common Python practice is to import numpy as np, FYI.
Hope this clears things up.
It may say that you need to upgrade pip, which is fine, and it should give you a command to run that will upgrade pip to the newest version.

VS Code using Jupyter: Connecting to kernel: Python 3.6.9: Waiting for Jupyter Session to be idle

I am having trouble running my import statement in VS code Jupyter. I split them into individual cells. I find when I run
import numpy as np
the cell hangs and I get a message
Connecting to kernel: Python 3.6.9: Waiting for Jupyter Session to be idle
How do I fix this?
To solve it, I uninstalled the extension Jupyter notebook (which requires a reload), and then installed it.
This may be related to the extended version. I hope this article is helpful to you.
Alright so this one surprised me..
I was using Jupyter-like code cells "#%%" (see docs) to run jupyter notebook in VSCode. And I ran into the same issue as OP.
The error disappeared when I renamed my file, from "inspect.py" to "tmp.py".
I found my solution was to select the correct version of Python. I had 2 choices for Python 3.6.9. I chose the one called "base(Python 3.6.9)" which had a different location to "Python 3.6.9" and the base version worked. Something odd if going on here, maybe I should remove the other version?
For me, upgrading ipython to version 7.34.0 (from 7.32.0) fixed it. I'm using jedi version 0.18.1. Related
Update: this broke again for me when I upgraded my virtual environment to Python 3.8. I just upgraded my ipykernel package and now the notebook runs.

ImportError loading spacy in jupyter notebook

I got a problem I can't seem to figure out. The first time I imported Spacy into a Jupyter notebook I had no problems. It just imported it as I expected.
The second time I tried to import it (using a different notebook) I got:
ImportError: cannot import name 'prefer_gpu' from 'thinc.api' (C:\python-environments\nlp\lib\site-packages\thinc\api.py)
So I tried to restart the kernel and tried it again (thinking that might be the issue). That did not solve it. Also trying to run the same cell that imported Spacy in the first notebook also throws the error now after it went well the first time.
It sounds like you have an old version of Thinc somewhere; try uninstalling and reinstalling Thinc.
Another thing to check is if you're running in the right Python environment. Sometimes Jupyter notebooks pull in a different environment than the one you're expecting in non-obvious ways. There was a thread in spaCy discussions about this recently. You can run this command to check which Python executable is being used in the notebook and make sure it's the one you think it is:
import sys
print(sys.executable)
I had a similar issue, followed the git hub link, created a new environment, and installed all required packages, and it resolved my issue. I'm using Visual code, so I had to install other dependencies since VC uses this as a conda environment as a base for my code implementation

IPython notebook: auto-completion doesn't work after dot operators

I'm novice at IPython and I've got a problem with autocompletion.
Tab autocompletion doesn't work properly.
It works after imports:
import<tab>
But tab completion doesn't work after dot operators. As example:
import numpy as np
np.<tab>
Meanwhile this example works well for IPython at console.
Package pyreadline is up-to-date. I tried different browsers. I reinstalled IPython and pyreadlines. But it didn't helped.
If you write things in the same cell, it's perfectly normal. Until you've run the import line, np is not defined.
Run the cell once, or run the import statement in a previous cell and autocomplete should work.
Found the solution in an answer I found on the web:
"I've just installed the latest JEDI then helped me to solve that issue, here's the command when using Anaconda":
conda install - c anaconda jedi
"Or you might need to try this, copy this line on the top of your jupyter notebook":
% config Completer.use_jedi = False
"In my case I installed miniconda on Debian Linux and most likely had a problem with the previous Python that was included with Debian. The following lines solved my problem":
conda update conda
conda update--all

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