I am not able to update tensorflow installed with anaconda

Question

I have been trying to update tensorflow from 1.2.1 to 1.3. I did the following on my terminal:

pip3 install tensorflow --upgrade

After this, I tried checking the version

python3 -c 'import tensorflow as tf; print(tf.__version__)'

This outputs 1.2.1 but not 1.3.0

All this had been done in an anaconda environment.
Operating system: macOS Sierra

I would like to know how one can perform this update. Thank you

Try typing `which pip3` and `which python3`. Are they coming from the same distribution? — Engineero, Sep 26 '17 at 15:48
/usr/local/bin/pip3 which python3 outputs /Users/SMBP/anaconda/envs/tensorflow/bin/python3 I believe you just solved my problem. Thanks a ton! — Sai Somanath Komanduri, Sep 27 '17 at 17:39

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

The solution that I found was to install pip inside the conda environment and use that instance of pip to install the packages. Please refer here

The reason I got the above error was that the python3 and pip3 paths were different.

This became evident when I ran the below commands inside the conda environment.

which python3

/Users/SMBP/anaconda/envs/tensorflow/bin/python3

which pip3

/usr/local/bin/pip3

Also, I think it is better to use virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper if you wish to work with tensorflow as it is the recommended way.

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