tensorflow-deps - PackagesNotFoundError

Hi @Andrew14

I am unable to reproduce this issue when following the instructions at https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/ for arm64. Let me know if you are still facing this issue.

Facing the same issue, MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1, M1 2020. Didn't resolve yet.

The same problem on my Monterey 12.1:

$ conda create --prefix ./env python=3.8
$ conda activate ./env
$ conda install -c apple tensorflow-deps
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

  - tensorflow-deps

Current channels:

  - https://conda.anaconda.org/apple/osx-64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/apple/noarch
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/main/osx-64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/main/noarch

To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're
looking for, navigate to

    https://anaconda.org

and use the search bar at the top of the page.

same problem here, I cannot understand why a Mac M1 has so many problems with TensorFlow... I hope someone will fix it soon, because I bought a Mac M1 to do deep neural networks faster...

I'm having the same issue. I've been through multiple different approaches. MacAir M1, 2020, BigSur 11.6

conda install -c apple tensorflow-deps

Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done

Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.

Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done

Solving environment: failed with initial frozen solve. Retrying with flexible solve.



PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:



  - tensorflow-deps



Current channels:



  - https://conda.anaconda.org/apple/osx-64

  - https://conda.anaconda.org/apple/noarch

  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64

  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch

  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-64

  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch



To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're

looking for, navigate to



    https://anaconda.org



and use the search bar at the top of the page.

1. Check for any old existing python installation. In my case it was anaconda. You can put command "which python" to check if it points to miniforge python installation, if not then delete the installation is it pointing to.

2. Restart the terminal and install miniforge or update it with "bash filename_miniforge -u". Check "which python", if it doesn't point to miniforge then restart terminal

3. You must be good to go for creating environment and next steps to install tf

Use miniforge instead of miniconda or anaconda. This works for me.

I use Mac M1 air and got the same problem. I've tried several methods (including other suggestions below) but all ended up encountering the PackagesNotFoundError. Does anyone know how to resolve it?

Go to Anaconda.org and search for the package (file), download and install it locally. it works for my Mac pro AMD

On my side, I had the problem and look a little before installing manually or installing miniforge.

The thing is that conda from miniconda or anaconda looks by default on osx-64 and noarch architecture and not osx-arm64 (which is the architecture on which the package has been made).

So just parameterize your conda (in ~/.condarc for me) by adding those lines:

subdirs:
  - osx-arm64
  - osx-64
  - noarch

If you want conda to go looking in osx-arm64 by default, change also the value of subdir and set it with osx-arm64 (same file):

subdir: osx-arm64

Hope it helps.

Hi ShamoX, could you please show me how do I add the lines into /.condarc? I can't find it anywhere in my Finder... I downloaded anaconda, miniforge, literally everything and still stuck on this problem :( Thank you...

I'm meeting this exact problem, tried so many solutions but all failed... Anyone meeting this issue recently but was managed to solve it?

Hello everyone,

I was facing this exact issue when trying to run a gesture detection library. Problem was that the platform version reported by Anaconda was not the arm one, but rather 'macOS-10.16-x86_64-i386-64bit' and tensorflow-deps is only available for osx-arm64. I fixed this by doing a clean install for Anaconda (https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/) and then followed the steps on https://developer.apple.com/metal/tensorflow-plugin/ to install Tensorflow.

Version reported after clean install: 'macOS-13.0.1-arm64-arm-64bit'

I was then able to install tensorflow-deps, tensorflow-macos & tensorflow-metal. Tensorflow implementation worked after this.

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUU-icPg78

P.D.: I am really new to programming so please forgive me if any technical info is inaccurate.

This video really helped! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEUU-icPg78 (TensorFlow: Mac M1/M2: Conda | tensorflow-deps - PackagesNotFoundError from Jeff Heaton)

Getting the same error

What helped me is just updating conda right before installing tensorflow-deps. This is:

bash ~/miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
source ~/miniconda/bin/activate
conda update conda
conda install -c apple tensorflow-deps

For those who encountered this problem, check if your anaconda installed in your silicon mac is arm64 version rather than the x86_64 version. You can do this by running conda info. One of the lines shall say __archspec=1=arm64, if you saw __archspec=1=x86_64, running conda install -c apple *** makes conda looking for the x86_64 version of *** pacakge (fortunately tensorflow-deps only has arm64 version otherwise many of us would keep living with the mismatched version of tensorflow-deps on our apple silicon).

I saw some replies saying after trying miniforge/miniconda, the installation works. This is because when they switched to miniforge/miniconda, they installed it with the correct __archspec.

If you see your anaconda installed with mismatch archictecture, go to bottom of https://www.anaconda.com/products/distribution#macos to grab the right one.

P.S. If the way you installed anaconda on your apple silicon mac is by simply googling, it's highly possible you installed the wrong one. Anaconda installation tutorial ignores what platform we visit its page, and just gives x86_64 mac installation instruction by default :(

Thank you so much! My conda version was for x86_64. conda install -c apple is still not working but pip install is working, so I can import tensorflow library now.