[ASK] No module named 'recommenders' after installing recommenders in Colab

[Shu-x]

Description

Hello, I'm trying to use recommenders in Google Colab and I'm getting this error: No module named 'recommenders'.
I am using Python 3.8.10.

I've tried
!pip install recommenders
pip install git+https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders.git

When I run !pip show recommenders it shows that it has been installed.

But when I run recommenders.utils.timer import Timer I get an error message.

Does anyone know how to resolve this?

[Meshael-S]

I face the same issue and could not solve it
Waiting for help

[SebasAndres]

I'm having the same issue too! I've tried everything people suggested in the issue #1519, but it didn't work for me 😴

I'm using Pyspark through a virtual environment with Python 3.9.16. Somehow, the recommenders library works outside Jupyter Notebooks, but It doesn't work when I use it within the notebooks. If I do !pip list, the recommenders library is installed (1.1.1).

PD: Neither pip install recommenders nor pip install git+https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders.git worked for me.

Any suggestions 🙏?

[miguelgfierro]

pip install recommenders should work if you are in python>=3.6, <3.10. The default colab is 3.10, that's why it is not working. This is what I get when I open a colab:

import sys
print(sys.version)
3.10.11 (main, Apr  5 2023, 14:15:10) [GCC 9.4.0]

3.10 is in the backlog, see #1919. We'll implement it as soon as we can.

[shasha920]

I faced same issue, anyone resolve it?
I try !pip install git+https://github.com/microsoft/recommenders.git
get ERROR: Package 'recommenders' requires a different Python: 3.10.12 not in '<3.10,>=3.6'

[miguelgfierro]

This is fixed with the new release