gcloud ML engine setup - can't install pip "bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

Question

I'm trying to set up the environment for gcloud ML engine following the instructions here for MACOS and Python 2.7: https://cloud.google.com/ml-engine/docs/command-line

When I get to steps 5-6 to install TensorFlow, I get:

bad interpreter: No such file or directory

That's even if I use: pip --version

I'm not sure what's going on. Everything else installed fine but I'm stuck here. If anyone has better instructions, please post. Thanks

What version of Python are you using? What operating system? Were you able to run `gcloud init` properly? — MatthewScarpino, Nov 25 '17 at 19:11
I have MACOS and Python 2.7. Yes, I was able to do all the steps before and run gloud init. — Math Stout, Nov 25 '17 at 19:16
You might have multiple installations of Python or pip. If you have Homebrew, I'd try `brew install python`, `brew linkapps python`, and then `brew link --overwrite python`. — MatthewScarpino, Nov 25 '17 at 19:24
But that doesn't make sense. This is running in the virtualenv and the point is not to touch the other configurations. — Math Stout, Nov 25 '17 at 19:30
Hmm. Are you creating your virtualenv environment in a directory containing spaces? — MatthewScarpino, Nov 25 '17 at 22:16
It's not "prohibited," but it is the cause of your problem. Check out https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7911003/cant-install-via-pip-with-virtualenv — MatthewScarpino, Nov 26 '17 at 02:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '17 at 06:07

My python Anaconda installation could be causing the pip error. The trick is to do steps 5-6 of the aforementioned guide using the conda virtualenv. Follow the instructions to tensorflow with conda here. Then install the google cloud sdk with conda with:

conda install -c bioconda google-cloud-sdk

After that, activate the container with:

source activate tensorflow

and then:

gcloud init

gcloud ML engine setup - can't install pip "bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

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