ImportError: cannot import name 'inference' from 'paddle'

Question

I am trying to implement paddleocr. I have installed it using:

#Github repo installation for paddle
! python3 -m pip install paddlepaddle -i https://mirror.baidu.com/pypi/simple

#install paddle ocr
!pip install paddleocr

!git clone https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR.git

But while importing

from paddleocr import PaddleOCR,draw_ocr

I'm getting this error: ImportError: cannot import name 'inference' from 'paddle'

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '22 at 10:51

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I had the same error. My solution was to:

pip install paddlepaddle

Then I got another error (luckily you will not get this one but just in case) telling me to downgrade protoc to a version between 3.19 and 3.20, which I fixed by executing the following command:

pip install protobuf==3.19.0

After this I was able to execute the script that imported from paddleocr

answered Jun 08 '22 at 10:51

Bobbick

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For me, installing `paddlepaddle` was enough. I didnt get the downgrade protobuf error. – Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius Sep 27 '22 at 09:10
```jovyan@jupyter:~$ pip install paddlepaddle ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement paddlepaddle (from versions: none) ERROR: No matching distribution found for paddlepaddle``` – Magno C Jun 07 '23 at 15:33

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '22 at 16:36

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Well, it's embarrassing, but if it helps anyone else avoid some frustration, it's worth it:

Make sure your file is not called paddle.py!

answered Aug 10 '22 at 16:36

Zach Lindsey

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Yeah, made the same mistake! Thanks – Parth chokhra Feb 03 '23 at 05:53

ImportError: cannot import name 'inference' from 'paddle'

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