PackagesNotFoundError: py-xgboost-gpu

Question

I'm trying to install py-xgboost-gpu on a Mac as XGBoost instructs on the website but I'm getting a PackagesNotFoundError

I'm running

conda install -c conda-forge py-xgboost-gpu

and getting

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

  - py-xgboost-gpu

Any idea why?

Probably worth looking into these: https://xgboost.readthedocs.io/en/stable/install.html#conda https://machinelearningmastery.com/install-xgboost-python-macos/ — ScottC, Oct 10 '22 at 03:22
Using Mac OSX and just tried `brew install libomp` but still getting the error, any idea why? — dfried, Oct 10 '22 at 03:23
This post may also help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39315156/how-to-install-xgboost-in-python-on-macos — ScottC, Oct 10 '22 at 03:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '22 at 18:47

GPU builds are for CUDA, which means NVIDIA hardware and Apple doesn't use that in their products. Hence, there is no such support. Instead, follow the instructions for CPU:

conda install -c conda-forge py-xgboost-cpu

Really, one shouldn't even need to specify:

conda install -c conda-forge xgboost

includes py-xgboost and on macOS it defaults to -cpu version.

PackagesNotFoundError: py-xgboost-gpu

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