Faiss: Faiss import fails with pip install

Created on 11 Oct 2019  路  5Comments  路  Source: facebookresearch/faiss

Summary

Installed faiss on both Linux/ MAC OS platform via pip install. Importing the package ends with an ImportError: No module named _swigfaiss error

Platform

Linux (Mint 19.2) /MAC OS Latest version

OS:

Faiss version:
1.5.3
Faiss compilation options:

Running on:

  • [x] CPU
  • [ ] GPU

Interface:

  • [ ] C++
  • [x] Python

Reproduction instructions


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Most helpful comment

try this:
pip install faiss-cpu

picture Cantoria on 6 Nov 2019
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The pip package is not official. Could you try using conda?

beauby picture beauby on 15 Oct 2019
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Do you have any plans to support official pip installation in the future?

alup picture alup on 18 Oct 2019
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try this:
pip install faiss-cpu

Cantoria picture Cantoria on 6 Nov 2019
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Works fine when using a conda env.

VETURISRIRAM picture VETURISRIRAM on 13 Nov 2019

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mdouze picture mdouze on 2 Dec 2019
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