After installing SciKeras the kernel dies when importing Tensorflow

Question

I am migrating from tf.keras.wrappers.scikit_learn to Scikeras. I have created a new fresh environment with python=3.7 (to be compatible with Tensorflow). Then I issue the command:

'pip install scikeras[tensorflow]'      (ref. https://pypi.org/project/scikeras/)

but I get

'zsh: no matches found: scikeras[tensorflow]'

I therefore try with:

'pip install scikeras tensorflow'

which executes successfully.

When I execute

'import tensorflow'

in my notebook in an isolated cell, the kernel dies. (in another attempt I also tried 'pip install scikeras tensorflow==2.7 with the same result' ). I am using a M1 mac.

Has anyone managed to successfully install and use SciKeras?

Answer 1

Check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59259547/8691571 Excerpt:

Try running the code that is causing the kernel to die in a terminal or in ipython... common issue I have identified is the use of SSE4.1 in later versions of tensorflow... If this is the case, uninstall tensorflow and install with conda: conda install tensorflow==1.12.0, for instance.