Cannot import tpot

Question

I have installed tpot machine learning library after following all the steps given here: http://epistasislab.github.io/tpot/installing/

When i look at pip3 list, i could see the tpot installed.

The below is my simple source code [https://github.com/EpistasisLab/tpot]:

from tpot import TPOTClassifier
from sklearn.datasets import load_digits
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
digits = load_digits()
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(digits.data, digits.target,
                                                    train_size=0.75, test_size=0.25)

tpot = TPOTClassifier(generations=5, population_size=20, verbosity=2)
tpot.fit(X_train, y_train)
print(tpot.score(X_test, y_test))
tpot.export('tpot_mnist_pipeline.py')

I get the below error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
    from tpot import TPOTClassifier
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tpot'

I am not sure what's causing this now. I checked the GitHub issues of the module and followed all solutions given there. I am using Max OS high Sierra and Python installed through Homebrew

I installed the same using pip install tpot. It works for Python2.7.12 but same process doesn't get it to work for python3.6.0 — dhanush-ai1990, Jan 19 '18 at 20:37
A couple things to check: 1) Do you have a file in the same directory as "test.py" that is named "tpot.py"? 2) Are you sure that TPOT is installed on the same Python install that you're running this script? Try entering the Python interactive terminal (enter "python" on the command line) and try to import tpot there. — Randy Olson, Mar 02 '18 at 18:52
No, I don't test.py in the same directory as tpot.py. I tried in command line too, still can't import tpot. — dhanush-ai1990, Mar 03 '18 at 20:53

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 12 '18 at 22:58

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I had the same issue, and it appears to be due to the script being named tpot.py. Change it to something else and it should work :)

edited Sep 12 '18 at 22:58

divibisan

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answered Sep 12 '18 at 22:32

Miller Mrosek

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Yes, you were right. I figured it out long time ago though. Anyway thanks for answering it. – dhanush-ai1990 Sep 13 '18 at 13:51

Cannot import tpot

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