Tensorflow installation error: not a supported wheel on this platform

Question

when I try to install tensorflow by cloning from git, I run into the error \"no module named copyreg,\" so I tried installing using a virtualenv. However, I then run into th

Answer 1

Make sure that the wheel is, well, supported by your platform. Pip uses the wheel's filename to determine compatibility. The format is:

tensorflow-{version}-{python version}-none-{your platform}.whl

I didn't realize that x86_64 refers to x64, I thought it meant either x86 or x64, so I banged my head against this futilely for some time. Tensorflow is not available for 32 bit systems, unless you want to compile it yourself.