Install Donkey car Python TensorFlow - Raspberry Pi

Question

use Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 2GB Raspbian BULLSEYE (DEBIAN 11) ARMV71 package name "2022-04-04-raspios-bullseye-armhf-full"

i try Install Donkeycar Python Code from official website when I enter installation code

pip install https://github.com/lhelontra/tensorflow-on-arm/releases/download/v2.2.0/tensorflow-2.2.0-cp37-none-linux_armv7l.whl

Error: donkeycar tensorflow-2.2.0-cp37-none-linux_armv7l.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.

Answer 1

If you run the 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS you can install Tensorflow in the standard way - pip3 install tensorflow. The 64-bit system comes with a reasonably recent version of python 3 preinstalled (3.8 maybe? - I can't remember exactly), so you can just create a virtual environment and go.

That's how I remember it anyway - I'm hoping I'm not forgetting some obstacle.

It appeared to work OK to me, but it's slow - much slower than on an x86 cpu.

I never managed to install Tensorflow on 32-bit Raspbian. And conda didn't seem to work either - I think it assumes a higher ARM spec than the Pi uses.

[Edited to add...] After checking, I think you may need to pip install tensorflow-aarch64, not standard tensorflow.