Apex: Conda package

[mimre25]

Is there a conda package for this or can I only install it via pip?

[ptrblck]

We are currently in the process of releasing a conda package.
The pip package is not related to NVIDIA/apex, but refers to this package.

[mimre25]

Oh! My bad, I thought it's the pip package since your installation steps mention pip.

Any chance that you know a rough release date of the conda package?

[miguelvr]

+1 on the conda package, would make things much easier.

[ttpro1995]

+1, really need conda package to solve the CUDA dependency mess

[ttpro1995]

with pip install, I cannot use cudatoolkit from conda (I don't have nvcc and seperated CUDA installation because it is conflict with versioning, and so much bug, trouble going)

So, I am urgent to have CUDA for full feature apex support with CUDA

[jramapuram]

Any update on this? There are numerous issues related to building apex which could easily be avoided by a conda package that tightly couples:

pytorch <--> apex <--> cudatoolkit

This would make life a whole lot easier for a lot of folks.

[saverymax]

I would also be interested to know about any updates.

[tstandley]

Pytorch 1.6 will have native mixed precision training, and I assume the native sync-batch-norm will be supported.

[mcarilli]

We decided to focus on getting the most important utilities from apex into upstream, so no separate installs are needed. Pytorch 1.6 will have native mixed precision support with a better API.