Build and install error messages

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<table> <tr><th>GitHub issue or Stack&nbsp;Overflow</th> <th>Error Message</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/38896424">38896424</a> <a href=https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/31058>31058</a></td> <td>"No matching distribution found for tensorflow": Pip can't find a TensorFlow package compatible with your system. Check the <a href="https://tensorflow.org/install">system requirements and Python version</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/22390">22390</a></td> <td><pre>Unzipping simple_console_for_windows.zip to create runfiles tree... [./bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/simple_console_for_windows.zip] End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive. unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of ./bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/simple_console_for_windows.zip or ./bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/simple_console_for_windows.zip.zip, and cannot find ./bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/simple_console_for_windows.zip.ZIP, period. </pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/36159194">36159194</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: libcudart.so.<i>Version</i>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/41991101">41991101</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: libcudnn.<i>Version</i>: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/36371137">36371137</a></td> <td><pre>libprotobuf ERROR google/protobuf/src/google/protobuf/io/coded_stream.cc:207] A protocol message was rejected because it was too big (more than 67108864 bytes). To increase the limit (or to disable these warnings), see <a href="https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/4ffb31e90681ca06bfeca92a6068206ab78959ec/src/google/protobuf/io/coded_stream.h#L389-L406"> CodedInputStream::SetTotalBytesLimit() in google/protobuf/io/coded_stream.h.</a></pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/35252888">35252888</a></td> <td><pre>Error importing tensorflow. Unless you are using bazel, you should not try to import tensorflow from its source directory; please exit the tensorflow source tree, and relaunch your python interpreter from there.</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/33623453">33623453</a></td> <td><pre>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/pip-o6Tpui-build/setup.py'</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42006320">42006320</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last): File ".../tensorflow/core/framework/graph_pb2.py", line 6, in <module> from google.protobuf import descriptor as _descriptor ImportError: cannot import name 'descriptor'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35190574">35190574</a> </td> <td><pre>SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42009190">42009190</a></td> <td><pre> Installing collected packages: setuptools, protobuf, wheel, numpy, tensorflow Found existing installation: setuptools 1.1.6 Uninstalling setuptools-1.1.6: Exception: ... [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/tmp/pip-a1DXRT-uninstall/.../lib/python/_markerlib' </pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36933958">36933958</a></td> <td><pre> ... Installing collected packages: setuptools, protobuf, wheel, numpy, tensorflow Found existing installation: setuptools 1.1.6 Uninstalling setuptools-1.1.6: Exception: ... [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/tmp/pip-a1DXRT-uninstall/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/_markerlib'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42006320">42006320</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last): File ".../tensorflow/core/framework/graph_pb2.py", line 6, in <module> from google.protobuf import descriptor as _descriptor ImportError: cannot import name 'descriptor'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/33623453">33623453</a></td> <td><pre>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/pip-o6Tpui-build/setup.py'</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35190574">35190574</a> </td> <td><pre>SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42009190">42009190</a></td> <td><pre> Installing collected packages: setuptools, protobuf, wheel, numpy, tensorflow Found existing installation: setuptools 1.1.6 Uninstalling setuptools-1.1.6: Exception: ... [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/tmp/pip-a1DXRT-uninstall/.../lib/python/_markerlib' </pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/33622019">33622019</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: No module named copyreg</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/37810228">37810228</a></td> <td>During a <tt>pip install</tt> operation, the system returns: <pre>OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/33622842">33622842</a></td> <td>An <tt>import tensorflow</tt> statement triggers an error such as the following:<pre>Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py", line 4, in <module> from tensorflow.python import * ... File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape_pb2.py", line 22, in <module> serialized_pb=_b('\n,tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape.proto\x12\ntensorflow\"d\n\x10TensorShapeProto\x12-\n\x03\x64im\x18\x02 \x03(\x0b\x32 .tensorflow.TensorShapeProto.Dim\x1a!\n\x03\x44im\x12\x0c\n\x04size\x18\x01 \x01(\x03\x12\x0c\n\x04name\x18\x02 \x01(\tb\x06proto3') TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'syntax'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42075397">42075397</a></td> <td>A <tt>pip install</tt> command triggers the following error: <pre>...<lots of warnings and errors> You have not agreed to the Xcode license agreements, please run 'xcodebuild -license' (for user-level acceptance) or 'sudo xcodebuild -license' (for system-wide acceptance) from within a Terminal window to review and agree to the Xcode license agreements. ...<more stack trace output> File "numpy/core/setup.py", line 653, in get_mathlib_info

RuntimeError: Broken toolchain: cannot link a simple C program</pre>

</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/41007279">41007279</a></td> <td> <pre>[...\stream_executor\dso_loader.cc] Couldn't open CUDA library nvcuda.dll</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/41007279">41007279</a></td> <td> <pre>[...\stream_executor\cuda\cuda_dnn.cc] Unable to load cuDNN DSO</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42006320">42006320</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last): File "...\tensorflow\core\framework\graph_pb2.py", line 6, in <module> from google.protobuf import descriptor as _descriptor ImportError: cannot import name 'descriptor'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/42011070">42011070</a></td> <td><pre>No module named "pywrap_tensorflow"</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/42217532">42217532</a></td> <td> <pre>OpKernel ('op: "BestSplits" device_type: "CPU"') for unknown op: BestSplits</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/43134753">43134753</a></td> <td> <pre>The TensorFlow library wasn't compiled to use SSE instructions</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/38896424">38896424</a></td> <td> <pre>Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tensorflow</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42006320">42006320</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last): File ".../tensorflow/core/framework/graph_pb2.py", line 6, in <module> from google.protobuf import descriptor as _descriptor ImportError: cannot import name 'descriptor'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/33623453">33623453</a></td> <td><pre>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/pip-o6Tpui-build/setup.py'</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35190574">35190574</a> </td> <td><pre>SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42009190">42009190</a></td> <td><pre> Installing collected packages: setuptools, protobuf, wheel, numpy, tensorflow Found existing installation: setuptools 1.1.6 Uninstalling setuptools-1.1.6: Exception: ... [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/tmp/pip-a1DXRT-uninstall/.../lib/python/_markerlib' </pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/33622019">33622019</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: No module named copyreg</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/37810228">37810228</a></td> <td>During a <tt>pip install</tt> operation, the system returns: <pre>OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/33622842">33622842</a></td> <td>An <tt>import tensorflow</tt> statement triggers an error such as the following:<pre>Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py", line 4, in <module> from tensorflow.python import * ... File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape_pb2.py", line 22, in <module> serialized_pb=_b('\n,tensorflow/core/framework/tensor_shape.proto\x12\ntensorflow\"d\n\x10TensorShapeProto\x12-\n\x03\x64im\x18\x02 \x03(\x0b\x32 .tensorflow.TensorShapeProto.Dim\x1a!\n\x03\x44im\x12\x0c\n\x04size\x18\x01 \x01(\x03\x12\x0c\n\x04name\x18\x02 \x01(\tb\x06proto3') TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'syntax'</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41293077/how-to-compile-tensorflow-with-sse4-2-and-avx-instructions">41293077</a></td> <td><pre>W tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:45] The TensorFlow library wasn't compiled to use SSE4.1 instructions, but these are available on your machine and could speed up CPU computations.</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42013316">42013316</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: libcudart.so.8.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/42013316">42013316</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: libcudnn.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/35953210">35953210</a></td> <td>Invoking `python` or `ipython` generates the following error: <pre>ImportError: cannot import name pywrap_tensorflow</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45276830">45276830</a></td> <td><pre>external/local_config_cc/BUILD:50:5: in apple_cc_toolchain rule @local_config_cc//:cc-compiler-darwin_x86_64: Xcode version must be specified to use an Apple CROSSTOOL.</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/q/47080760">47080760</a></td> <td><pre>undefined reference to `[email protected]'</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/22512">22512</a></td> <td><pre>ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tensorflow.python._pywrap_tensorflow_internal'</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/22512">22512</a>, <a href="https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/22794">22794</a></td> <td><pre>ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.</pre></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/24835">24835</a></td> <td><pre>Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: [long path name]</pre></td> </tr> </table>