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How to Fix a Failed PyTorch Installation on Python 3.12

Qualiteg Product Development Team

Apr 9, 2024

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Overview

There have been reports that installing PyTorch, which ChatStream requires, does not work properly on Python 3.12.
Installation succeeded on Python 3.11 and earlier.

Error message

pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118

Running the above produces an error like the following:

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement torch (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for torch

Please note that PyTorch installation may not support the latest version of Python.

Quick guide to installing PyTorch

https://pytorch.org/get-started/locally/

Workaround

Use Python 3.11

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