VS Code: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn'

Question

I am working in VS Code to run a Python script in conda environment named myenv where sklearn is already installed. However when I import it and run the script I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "d:\ML\Project\src\train.py", line 5, in <module>
    from sklearn.linear_models import LinearRegression
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn'

I have tried all possible solutions suggested in the following but nothing worked for me:

• ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn'
• ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'sklearn.__check_build._check_build'?
• ImportError in importing from sklearn: cannot import name check_build
• importError: cannot import name __check_build #8754

Can someone suggest a different way to fix this?

Answer 1

according to pypi:

use pip install scikit-learn rather than pip install sklearn

in my experience this works:

C:\Users\gfernandez>pip install sklearn
Collecting sklearn
Using cached sklearn-0.0.post1-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: sklearn
Successfully installed sklearn-0.0.post1
C:\Users\gfernandez>pip install scikit-learn
Requirement already satisfied: scikit-learn in c:\users\gfernandez\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages (1.1.3)
Requirement already satisfied: scipy>=1.3.2 in c:\users\gfernandez\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages (from scikit-learn) (1.9.3)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.17.3 in c:\users\gfernandez\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages (from scikit-learn) (1.23.4)
Requirement already satisfied: threadpoolctl>=2.0.0 in c:\users\gfernandez\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages (from scikit-learn) (3.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: joblib>=1.0.0 in c:\users\gfernandez\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages (from scikit-learn) (1.2.0)
C:\Users\gfernandez>

Answer 2

Have you tried https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments

Had the same issue and solved it by setting vscode to use my conda environment.

Answer 3

I also have the same problem, but when I tried this command the error got fixed:

pip install sklearn

Answer 4

I had a similar issue and after applying all recommended solutions, the problem persisted until I later discovered my VS-Code Python Interpreter was pointing to a different virtual environment.

I changed it to the working virtual environment and everything worked perfectly well.

Answer 5

Click on the terminal in the VS Code and run the following command to create the virtual environment in VS Code.

python -m venv path location of the working file\myvenv

in VS Code it will automatically activate.

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