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Importerror: cannot import name ‘abs’- how can i circumvent the error?

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I get the “importerror: cannot import name ‘abs’” issue when trying to generate tfrecord using generate_tfrecord.py. Here is the detail of the error I got the error message:

(tensorflow) C:\Users\ice305\tensorflow\models\research\object_detection>python generate_tfrecord.py --csv_input=images\train_labels.csv --image_dir=images\train --output_path=train.record
 Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "generate_tfrecord.py", line 17, in <module>
  import tensorflow as tf
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow # pylint: disable=unused-import
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 81, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python import keras
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras import activations
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\activations\__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras._impl.keras.activations import elu
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\_impl\keras\__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras._impl.keras import activations
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\_impl\keras\activations.py", line 23, in <module>
 from tensorflow.python.keras._impl.keras import backend as K
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\_impl\keras\backend.py", line 38, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.layers import base as tf_base_layers
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\layers\base.py", line 25, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras.engine import base_layer
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\engine\__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras.engine.base_layer import InputSpec
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\engine\base_layer.py", line 33, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras import backend
  File "C:\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\keras\backend\__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
  from tensorflow.python.keras._impl.keras.backend import abs
 ImportError: cannot import name 'abs'
 (tensorflow) C:\Users\ice305\tensorflow\models\research\object_detection>

Please give me some advice to solve this problem.

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  1. Best Answer
    Expert

    The cause: I think the cause of this error is there is a previous installation of tensorflow available.

    The solution: These below steps will help you fix this error:

    1. Removing Tensorflow from your computer
    2. Removing protobuf from the system
    3. Reinstalling tensorflow (which should come along with the correct protobuf version.).
      And also need to delete all tensorflow related folders from

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Anaconda3_64\Lib\site-packages

       

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    • Edit:

    You can create a virtual environment and install the TF-GPU. It’s safer and faster.

    • Original Answer:

    OS : Ubuntu 18.04.1

    Python Version 3.6

    Solution:

    Tensorflow 1.10 uninstalled

    python3 -m pip uninstall tensorflow

    It was reinstalled again

    python3 -m pip install tensorflow==1.8.0

    This problem is caused by older versions of tensorflow dependencies such as protobuff, which are installed during tensorflow install. To use tensorflow 1,10 you will need to either uninstall the rest of these dependencies or upgrade them.

    These packages must be removed if you wish to install 1.10.1 

    absl-py
astor
gast 
grpcio 
markdown 
numpy 
protobuf 
setuptools 
six 
tensorboard 
tensorflow 
termcolor 
werkzeug 
wheel
protobuf

    Then, sudo python3 -m pip uninstall tensorflow. If a tensorflow has been installed by root user, then it should be installed using python3 -m pip install tensorflow --user --no-cache

    If you have this problem still persist, then follow the above steps and find ~/ -name tensorflow. Delete any folders that appear and retry installation.

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