xgboost AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'DMatrix' on Mac

[sh1ng]

I've tried workarounds from https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/issues/208

[jakubLangr]

Bump! I have the same issue. Mac Yosemite using dockerized versions from ipython/scipystack + custom install of XGB.

[sh1ng]

@jakubLangr In my case(maverick) I had script name xgboost.py, renaming solved the issue.

[jakubLangr]

ah okay, you mean the mv setup.py xgboost.py or the script that I am running? I am using IPython so I wonder how would that work.

[sh1ng]

Second case, try to run pure 'hello xgboost' from a console first.

[jakubLangr]

Thanks for your help! Ah okay so that is a workaround, but the trouble is that in my set up that is not very practical. Indeed, the only way I could get this to run was very hacky and did not work.
1. create xgboost.py in the root project folder that
2. This file:
- imports xgboost
- this file calls a pythonized version of the notebook
But I still get the same error as before.

Any ideas?

[sh1ng]

rename your script from xgboost.py to xgboost_sample.py

[jakubLangr]

Still the same error. So why exactly do you think we are getting this error?

[sh1ng]

in my case it was a name conflict. I'm no good at python, so might be I have to do something when name of a running script and wrapper/module are equaled.

Have you tried a workaround from original issue?

[jakubLangr]

Yes, I have. Now I have managed to solve the issue, but I am not sure how exactly as I have tried many things. In the end, renaming was not necessary. But I have tried playing around with the filepaths quite a bit. Working setup was:

• git pull in the project folder
• .ipynb run from top level of project folder

[nmooman]

Rename the file name! You might have named xgboost.py in the same dir!